Une réforme facultative de l’orthographe actée par l’Académie française il y a 26 ans, mais passée largement inaperçue, a créé une polémique ce jeudi. Mais pour l’académicien Jean d’Ormesson, le sujet n’en est pas un, « au moment où les écoliers n’apprennent même plus à écrire ni à lire ». Voir l'article...

By Lesley Walker. In an effort to promote the use of Arabic more widely in Qatar, the state Cabinet yesterday approved a draft law that would require all ministries, official organizations and public schools and universities to use the language in all their communications.
Only a few details of the provisions of the new law on the “protection of the Arabic language” have so far been released. More...

By Nic Mitchell. There are now almost 8,000 courses being taught in English by leading universities in non-English speaking countries, according to a project mapping their expansion.
The rise of universities teaching in English, rather than their own local language, has become a global phenomenon. More...