Sorosoro or fighting for the survival of languages
Approximately 6,000 languages are spoken on earth.
* 90% of Internet pages are written in only 12 languages.
* 96% of languages are spoken by only 4% of the world’s population and 500 of these are spoken by fewer than 100 individuals.
* On average, a language dies out every 15 days, according to UNESCO experts.
* If urgent measures are not taken, 90% of the world’s languages may well disappear during this century.
sorosoro …is taken from Araki , Vanuatu (Pacific Islands)
means speech and breath
the project is interesting as it has planned to produce a web and television programme of languages and cultures and to give back
the data to the people concerned…project can be seen Quai Branly
See you!
this is independent from the Commonwealth association, was created by Jacques Chirac and it has a very similar vision of cooperation and keeping “roots”, culture and languages as part of educating people and helping them along getting rid of “violence” based and nourished by the lack of recognition of the “otherness” in others
Violence may find its best element in the fact that people’s primary cultures and languages are IGNORED and NOT taken into account.
letter to the candidate for the Presidency of the USA
Troisième 3 ‘ s pupils Doubs, June 2008
Collège Lucie Aubrac
2 rue Jules Grévy
25300 DOUBS
France
Dear candidate to the presidency of the United States of America,
We are writing to you to congratulate you on your efforts in the campaign to the presidency and on your success in the Caucus
and nomination to the Democratic party.
As French citizens, we are greatly concerned about environmental issues and deeply upset by terrorist attacks around the globe.
As you can imagine we are also worrying about health problems related to environmental issues and political conflicts.
In other words, we are worrying about the future of our planet.
We thank you for your understanding and reading of our letter.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
We wish you a lot of success for your election.
Yours respectfully and Best regards,
Elèves de troisième 3 –
Année 2007-2008
COLLEGE LUCIE AUBRAC
DOUBS France
Professeur: Me ANDRE
warped world
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8280657.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8280657.stm
