Sentence examples for language initiative from inspiring English sources

"There is no doubt this is a crucial time for the Welsh language," said Cathryn Ings, business manager of the Welsh language initiative Menter Cwm Gwendraeth in Pontyberem.

Richards works with the MIT Indigenous Language Initiative, a program to provide information and training to people seeking to revitalize endangered languages.

A 2014 report from the British Columbia Language Initiative – which seeks to revitalize the province's First Nations languages – found that the number of semi-fluent speakers had risen significantly since 2010.

One of the main barriers to improving the health of these individuals is language, and so the city has launched the health in your language initiative, which involves training up a group of women to understand health themes and disseminate this information in their local area.

The pace is much more rapid than it used to be, so who knows how long it might take for Mandarin to overtake English?" The Scottish schools language initiative is expected to include Chinese as one of the three languages that will be introduced to primary curriculums.

High schools across the country were asked by the College Board's World Language Initiative whether they would consider adding Advanced Placement courses in Italian, Russian, Japanese and Chinese -- and the organization was amazed at the results, said Tom Matts, the initiative's director.

For other possible language initiatives, states like Kerala provide models.

We have cut non-English-language newspapers from our libraries and community spaces and used that and other money to support English language initiatives.

The Georgian government has studied English language initiatives elsewhere, including in South Korea, and is working with a company, Footprints Recruiting, of Vancouver, British Columbia, that specializes in finding native English speakers for such programs around the world.

"Unfortunately, less attention is being paid to many other Asian countries including Japan, India, Pakistan and Indonesia, which are increasingly going to play important roles in the world," Christopher M. Livaccari, the director of education and Chinese language initiatives at the Asia Society in New York, said.

Shuhan Wang, the executive director for Chinese language initiatives at the Asia Society, said that while Chinese people were generally reserved with strangers and might not initiate conversations with adults they don't know, the rules for children are different.