5 MIN READ Having looked back at 2021, another rather odd and tumultuous COVID-19 impacted year, one event, in particular, warms my heart – a brief August get-away to sunny Barcelona- a wonderful way to end the summer and start a busy school year. Since coming home from the trip, the days have been filledContinueContinue reading “Love Barcelona? Learn Catalan”
Category Archives: Mother Tongue
Swahili. Nobel Prize language, almost.
3 MIN READ As it is known, this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature has been given to the novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah for his prolific storytelling work on exile and refugee life journeys meeting new cultures and challenges, the works very much inspired by his own and other refugee lives. Originally from Tanzania or a former ZanzibarContinueContinue reading “Swahili. Nobel Prize language, almost.”
Singing in a mother tongue
4 MIN READ It would be fair to say that English dominates the lyrics of contemporary popular music considered world-class. With some exceptions of French and German, English remains the primary language choice to reach a wide audience and increase popularity. Even K-pop artists cannot resist it. Nevertheless, I would argue that it is arduousContinueContinue reading “Singing in a mother tongue”
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