{"id":309,"date":"2008-08-21T07:05:49","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T12:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=309"},"modified":"2008-08-06T09:15:49","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T14:15:49","slug":"international-year-of-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/309","title":{"rendered":"International Year of Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>On average, a language ceases to be spoken every two weeks.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what the web page for the UN&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/events\/iyl\/story1.shtml\">International Year of Languages<\/a><\/strong> (2008) says. UNESCO suggests that language policies enable people in linguistic communities to use their first languages as much as possible, including in education, while also learning a national or regional language and an international language. At the same time, dominant-language speakers should be urged to master another national or regional language and one or two international languages.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/langs.jpg\" alt=\"hello in different languages\" align=\"right\" height=\"106\" width=\"87\" \/><strong>UWW offers language classes<\/strong> (Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic), and language study is good preparation for life in a global society, promotes intercultural understanding, and comes in very handy during study abroad too! <strong>The University Library has materials that can help<\/strong>, including dictionaries (e.g., <em>Kodansha&#8217;s romanized Japanese-English dictionary<\/em>, <smalll><strong><font color=\"#808080\">2nd-floor Reference Collection PL679 .V36 1993<\/font><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/www.oxfordreference.com\/views\/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s16\">Oxford Reference Online&#8217;s bilingual dictionaries<\/a><\/strong>), books, and CDs for language practice (e.g., <em>Conversational Japanese<\/em>, <strong><font color=\"#808080\"><small>1st-floor Media Center, Oversize CDs  PL535.5 .C66 2005<\/small><\/font><\/strong>).<\/smalll><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a partial listing of some recently-acquired CDs, search the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wtwlib.wisconsin.edu\/\">Library Catalog<\/a><\/strong> for the keyword <strong>pimsleur<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>For a broader listing of resources search for the keywords <strong>&#8220;japanese language&#8221; and (study or dictionary)<\/strong>, substituting the language of your choice in place of japanese. This will list language practice CDs, videos, teaching methods books, K-12 language textbooks, foreign language dictionaries and grammar books, etc.<\/li>\n<li>The 1st-floor Periodicals Collection includes some non-English subscriptions, such as <em>Stern Magazine<\/em> and <em>Die Zeit<\/em> (German), <em>World Journal<\/em> (Chinese), and <em>Le Monde<\/em> (French). Additional major non-English publications from around the world are available through the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/web.lexis-nexis.com\/universe\">LexisNexis Academic<\/a><\/strong> database.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, for quick and dirty help with translation of text there are translation sites online such as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/babelfish.yahoo.com\/\">Yahoo! Babel Fish<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But the issue of language preservation\/endangerment is much bigger than asking university students to study another language. Language transmits and embodies culture.  Loss of linguistic diversity leads to a loss of cultural diversity. For more information see <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosettaproject.org\/\">The Rosetta Project<\/a><\/strong>, which is &#8220;building a publicly accessible online archive of ALL documented human languages,&#8221; a National Science Foundation special report on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/linguistics\/endangered.jsp\">Endangered Languages<\/a><\/strong>, and the web site of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indigenous-language.org\/YOL\/index.html\">Indigenous Language Institute<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/gpologo.gif\" alt=\"Government Printing Office logo\" class=\"alignright\" height=\"58\" width=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"small\">The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. 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