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Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa.

Why We\'re Re-Learning How To Speak Our Mother Tongue
Why can?t you speak your language?? A question that sounds so simple but the answer is usually quite loaded. You?ll be familiar with this question if you?re part of a diaspora. My mum speaks five ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Jan 2022 20:00:00 GMT

English Hegemony as an Issue of Justice
It is well known that proficiency in a foreign language seldom comes to one not instructed at an early age, and experience shows that this is not injurious to the health, morals or understanding of ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Jan 2022 11:26:00 GMT

Parents who don\'t speak English can struggle with their children\'s distance learning at home
Even if they understand some English, it may not be enough to ... said many wish for a Somali-speaking teacher they could contact to talk about their kids. Or at least more Somali speakers in ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:38:00 GMT

Uproar as Italia restores colonial language in Somalia
When Somalia?s state-run Radio Mogadishu began airing an Italian-language program earlier this month under a new agreement with Italy, it led to an uproar. Somalis both at home and abroad reacted with ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 15 Jan 2022 03:06:00 GMT

From Student To Supporter In Early Childhood Education Programme
Hassan was working for Nurtured at Home, an in-home early childhood education provider, and was interested in getting more formal training. ?I wanted to build my knowledge further. It was my boss who ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:20:00 GMT

Former teacher is St. Cloud School District\'s new equity director, first Somali-American in role
The first personal touch to Ayan Omar?s new desk was a picture of her daughters. Load Error Omar, who had been a language arts teacher in the St. Cloud school ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 16 Jan 2022 13:38:00 GMT

Representation matters, and Dick and Jane fell short for farm kids
Mariam Mohamed, a teacher at a Somali charter school in Minneapolis, remembered being told as a young immigrant child to read more to improve her English but having a hard time finding children's ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 03 Jan 2022 05:45:00 GMT

10 years of the Register\'s People to Watch: Here\'s a look at where they are now
In 2011, the Des Moines Register launched what has since become an annual year-end tradition: profiling a set of People to Watch in the coming year ? individuals who are likely to make a ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 04 Jan 2022 17:01:00 GMT