{"id":151,"date":"2022-02-21T16:19:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T16:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/?p=151"},"modified":"2022-02-21T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T16:19:37","slug":"international-mother-language-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/2022\/02\/21\/international-mother-language-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Mother Language Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"happy-international-mother-language-day\">Happy International Mother Language Day! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day was the\u00a0initiative of Bangladesh. It was approved at the\u00a01999 UNESCO General Conference\u00a0and has been observed throughout the world since 2000.<\/p><p>&#8230;<\/p><p>The theme of the 2022 International Mother Language Day,\u00a0\u201c<strong>Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities<\/strong>\u201d, will discuss the potential role of technology to advance multilingual education and support the development of quality teaching and learning for all.<\/p><cite><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/commemorations\/motherlanguageday\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/commemorations\/motherlanguageday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNESCO<\/a><\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/292\/2022\/02\/Happy-International-Mother-Language-Day-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/02\/Happy-International-Mother-Language-Day-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/02\/Happy-International-Mother-Language-Day-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/02\/Happy-International-Mother-Language-Day-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/02\/Happy-International-Mother-Language-Day-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/02\/Happy-International-Mother-Language-Day.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This day is celebrated annually to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity. Why not further your own linguistic and cultural awareness by signing up for one of our third semester language courses? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration will open on <strong>1st March<\/strong> on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/lc\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.qub.ac.uk\/lc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website <\/a>for courses beginning in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy International Mother Language Day! The idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day was the\u00a0initiative of Bangladesh. 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