Source: "Art by Lela Lee, courtesy of Angry Little Girls, Inc." One year after I posted a tongue-in-cheek piece about the Asian-American family dynamic titled, "The 5 Asian Love Languages", vociferous ...

Ruby O'Connell likes something most Australian students don't. "Learning a new language just gives you a deeper understanding of the world," the year 8 student told the ABC. "It also gives you good ...

Language barriers are a major obstacle to accessing mental health care for those in the US who have difficulty communicating in English. But despite increasing demand, mental health services in Asian ...

Less than 1% of all translated literature published in the U.S. during the past 10 years came from a South Asian language, even though the region is home to more than 20% of the world’s population. To ...

Japanese might owe its popularity to the influence of media such as anime and manga that, over the past few years, have become mainstream in the States. Japanese takes the lead as the most coveted ...

FLAS fellowships administered by the Center for Asian Studies (CAS) are awarded competitively to students studying modern Asian languages. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) funds and oversees ...

New immigrant arrivals to the United States face many challenges and obstacles when navigating their daily lives. For Asian immigrants, these include language and cultural obstacles that impact those ...

Effective communication can be a challenge during and in the aftermath of any disaster, but as the recent wildfires pushed the limits of Los Angeles County, the gap caused by language barriers puts ...

The way traditional Asian parents express love to their children in America is often "lost in translation". Consequently mental health issues of low self-esteem, addictions, feeling unloved, and other ...