Education

A small town in Sweden fights to preserve a dying forest language

By Bianca Hillier, The Weeek, 9 May, 2021 An organization called Ulum Dalska, based in a small Swedish town called Älvdalen, is on a mission. For decades, members have been working hard to help save a language called Elfdalian, a remnant of Old Norse. “We had our first meeting on the 1st of June in 1984,” …

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COVID-19 exposes gaps in language education — why there needs to be increased support

While COVID-19 has heightened hardships for those enrolled in language classes and programs, language instructors and researchers say it has also highlighted innovative learning practices that could be applied in Canada, to work towards better supporting education. The communities engaged in second-language learning classes range from newcomers and refugee families learning English for jobs and life in …

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How the COVID-19 pandemic may have changed university teaching and testing for good

By Clint Witchalls As of mid-March last year, governments worldwide imposed quarantines and social distancing practices as health measures in response to the spread of COVID-19. These restrictions disrupted millions of university students’ education worldwide and significantly altered university operations. Universities changed their teaching, including a rapid switch to online learning. But what will the …

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Why Medical Interpreter Education is Key to Professionalization – Essay 10

By Vanessa Caraveo, CMI-Spanish The Flame that Never Dies: Education The great American philosopher John Dewey once said, “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” This truly depicts the importance education has in our lives and more so, the benefits one reaps in attaining the knowledge needed in today’s fast-paced world and …

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Why Medical Interpreter Education is Key to Professionalization – Essay 9

By Theresa M Heath, MS RID: CI, CT, ED: K-12, NIC-Master and SC: L Interpreting is a young profession and for sign language interpreters lacked standardization until 1964. Over those five decades, interpreting has evolved and is now touted as a practice profession much like that of doctor, lawyer, or an accountant. New theories have …

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Why Medical Interpreter Education is Key to Professionalization – Essay 8

By Rafael M Mas-Nieves CMI-Spanish As a bilingual individual (English/Spanish), helping LEP’s communicate with others, have be a very satisfactory and fulfilling passion. Whether it was done for a stranger at a retail store, a family member calling the utility company, or a friend trying to buy a ticket for a concert, trying to help …

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Why Medical Interpreter Education is Key to Professionalization – Essay 7

By Mutaz Al Mudaris While Collecting my thoughts on this topic I was thinking of a similar title like: “1000 reasons why medical interpreter education is key to professionalism”. Simply because the benefits are countless. I can write volumes about this, yet because its such a rich topic I had difficulty in where to start …

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Why Medical Interpreter Education is Key to Professionalization – Essay 6

By Dr. Lizbeth N. Mendoza Professionalization is important for Medical Interpreters to achieve recognition, credibility and respect from the community they serve, other healthcare professionals, and in general from society, which will derive in better work conditions, growth opportunities, and economic return. But without any doubt the most important reason is the safety of the …

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Why Medical Interpreter Education is Key to Professionalization – Essay 3

By Helena Paneyko The title of this essay entails the dissection of each of its parts, so we can better understand the conclusions What is an interpreter? A interpreter is not only a person who is bilingual, but one who can convert the meaning of what it has said in a source language into a …

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Why Medical Interpreter Education is Key to Professionalization

By Darien Mejia Now at days becoming a certified interpreter is just the first step of professionalization. The true challenge is staying current to the ever changing treatments and discoveries that day to day the world of medicine faces. When we as interpreters take the time to prepare for our assignments, we are a step …

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