The World in Words
A podcast about languages and the people who speak them.
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Health & Medicine
The World in Words
November 09, 2016
When you don't speak English, going to the hospital in the US, can be a frightening experience. This was the case for many Mexican farm workers living and working in the Salinas Valley who neither spoke English nor Spanish. Natividad Hospital in Salinas found that four of the most popular languages spoken in the hospital were Native Mexican languages. So, the hospital piloted a program to train indigenous language speakers to become medical interpreters.
Development & Education
The World in Words
November 03, 2016
Updated
11/11/2016 - 2:15pm
We know much more about bilingualism now than we did 18 years ago, when Californians voted to ban bilingual education. So what does the research tell us?
Arts, Culture & Media
The World in Words
November 01, 2016
The Keres language, spoken by the Laguna Pueblo of New Mexico, is dying. When younger tribal members tried to revive it, they were blocked by elders fearful that spiritual essence of the language would be lost.
