Etiket: Language
Violeta Hódar: “I love paying attention to people, I think it is the greatest ‘love language’ there is”
“[…] His voice corrodes the distance that / opens between / thirst and the hand that seeks the glass. / She sings” A. Pizarnik Violeta salta de entrevista en entrevista,…
We say fries, they say fries: Rens maps the language border
Is it fries or is it fries? It is a recurring discussion in the Netherlands. Below the major rivers we all say fries anyway. But also far above the rivers,…
Statement of the day | Dutch must again become the working language at universities
Universities want more space for Dutch in the lecture halls. Photo: ANP Universities will also offer all major bachelor’s programs in Dutch. Universities presented this on Thursday morning as part…
Extra euros for Frisian language studies at university after concerns about ‘weakening’ of education
Outgoing Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf (Education, Culture and Science, D66) is making 340,000 euros structurally available for university education on the Frisian language. With this amount he implements an amendment by…
Does music in Catalan have better health than the language?, by Jordi Bianciotto
Whoever is tempted to think that music in Catalan lives off the melancholic invocation of the ‘nova cançó’ or the rockers of the 90s are a little lost. The indicators…
TESTED. With the new Samsung S24 you can make calls in another language: how well does that work?
Being able to speak another language without taking hours and hours of courses: it is a dream of many. Technicians have been trying to solve that problem for years, but…
University language policy has major consequences: the complete Anglicization of society | opinion
Education in the vernacular did not cause the closure of Franeker University. Realize that academic internationalization will lead to complete Anglicization of the Netherlands, Goffe Jensma warns. Anyone who is…
Dutch and German children get to know each other’s languages on Neighborhood Language Day
Better a good neighbor than a distant friend? About 350 students from both Germany and Drenthe came today to the NHL Stenden college in Emmen to get acquainted with their…
Telstar ready for change: clear language from trainer Mike Snoei after empty infirmary
Telstar had a bad first half of the season. With only fourteen points from twenty matches, only TOP Oss is in the first division under the team of coach Mike…
Column Sjoerd Mossou | Franz Beckenbauer uniquely enriched the Dutch football language | Foreign football
AD Sportwereld columnist Sjoerd Mossou describes how the term ‘no Beckenbauer’ grew into a winged Dutch football expression. “You can’t secretly get a greater tribute as a German top footballer.”…