Today we're celebrating National English Language Day, which seemed way too far up our alley to ignore. It may seem like a bit of a stretch from “National English Language Day” to “Angel,” but the...
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Spooky Stories from Around the World: Pt. 1, The Pied Piper
Boo! In honor of Halloween, each week in the month of October we'd like to share a spooky story from around the world. Today's story comes from Germany, home of our Leadership Fellow Jacki Schilles. No one quite knows when this story was first told,...
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Word of the Week: Teacher
Happy National Teachers’ Day! Outside of our families, few people have a greater effect on the courses our lives take than our teachers. How many of us have chosen our paths in life because we were taught, or encouraged, or challenged by a great teacher?...
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Tahini!
Probably, it goes without saying that GLN loves languages. But if you know GLN well, you also know that for us languages are most beautiful because of the connections they let us form with each other, and for this reason (as if anyone really needs...
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Word of the Week: Beer
In case you’ve somehow missed it, Oktoberfest is in full swing in Germany and around the world. Oktoberfest is a rich tradition born over 200 years ago in Munich, and for many people it is synonymous with German culture. Of course for about as many...
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Board Meeting Minutes 8/28/2017
Global Language Network (GLN) Board Meeting Minutes August 28, 2017
The meeting took place by conference call, starting at 11:00 AM EST. Present: BennardCann (Treasurer), Richard Sawaya (Secretary), Charles Maslin, Ilya Budik, Andrew Brown (Chairman and GLN President)
Metrics, whether measured in student population, number of courses...
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