Language

May 26 featuresElena Massing with Illustrations by Ayla Cilliers

A healthy understanding

May 25 cultureShubhreet Dadrao with Illustrations by Ayla Cilliers

Speak freely

When I mispronounced a word or made the wrong sound because of these similar articulations, I was met with laughter and pushed to repeat what I had said before getting support on correcting myself.

April 1 cultureJulian Coyle Forst

Talk of kings: UBC professor brings Iranian medieval poetry to the Vancouver Public Library

On March 29, the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library hosted UBC classical Persian literature professor Dr. Alexandra Hoffmann for a free talk on “Bizhan and Manizheh,” a Farsi story from the Persian Shahnameh (Book of Kings).

October 3 opinionMarie Erikson with Illustrations by Emilija Vītols Harrison

Living the Institutions: The Arts language requirement fails its own goal and students

Learning a bit of a new language out of interest should certainly be encouraged, yet this may not provide the skills that the Faculty of Arts aims to teach, writes Marie Erikson.

March 26, 2024 cultureAisha Chaudhry

What has gone missing?: Zehra Naqvi finds her voice in The Knot of My Tongue

“begin everything with bismillah | in the name of God”

November 28, 2023 cultureRenée Rochefort

Building inclusivity into the French language, one classroom at a time

A beginner French class cycles through the basics of the language: numbers, greetings, family members — but unlike the English language, it will also cover gender.

November 22, 2023 cultureElena Massing

The Philippines speaks more languages than Tagalog. Why does UBC teach none of them?

I wasn’t raised in the Philippines, so all of my knowledge of the country comes from my family and what they chose to expose me to.

November 22, 2023 cultureTova Gaster

‘An act of great care and great love’: The path toward Yiddish at UBC

Families, chosen and inherited, are also often contentious, diverse and messy. Still, learning a language that holds so much fragmented history requires an effort that communicates more than the words themselves.

November 22, 2023 cultureIsa S. You

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I learn to swear reading Catcher in the Rye / in Chinese, 10 years old and foreign / in a country called the Motherland.

November 22, 2023 cultureEmilija Vītols Harrison

Why are you (hearing people) like this?

In Canada, over 90 per cent of d/Deaf children are born to hearing parents — the same parents who may never learn sign language nor teach it to their d/Deaf child.

August 8, 2023 cultureKenneth Lao

New Ukrainian language course caters to a “multilevel, multicultural, multinational” audience

Starting this September, UBC students will have the opportunity to take UKRN 125, the brand new six-credit course in Ukrainian language and culture.