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Thursday, 11 March 2021, 2:54 pm Twenty-seven new Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows and Ngā Ahurei Honore a Te Apārangi Honorary Fellows have been elected to the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi for their distinction in research and advancement of science, technology or the humanities. They are exceptional leaders in their communities and their areas of research and scholarship. Being made a Fellow is an honour that recognises distinction in research, scholarship or the advancement of knowledge at the highest international standards. Fellows can use the post-nominal ‘FRSNZ’ a...

App for learning Moriori released to help revive endangered native language Newshub 2/03/2021 Lana Andelane © Video - RNZ; Image - File Watch: A group of Moriori members and Crown representatives at the Treaty settlement ceremony. An app providing an introduction to ta rē Moriori - the native language of the Moriori people - has been released in a bid to revive the endangered language. The Ta Rē Moriori Language App was released on Tuesday by the Hokotehi Moriori Trust, an organisation representing the indigenous people of New Zealand's Chatham Islands (Rēkohu), locate...

Top leadership in Washington hardly valued clear, concise or correct communication over the last few years. Presidential musings routinely veered into indecipherability. “I call it the black hole,” said Annetta Cheek, a former bureaucrat in her mid-70s who helped launch the government’s plain language movement. But the deep state of Plain Language persevered. A loose network of jargon critics, crusaders for clarity and gatekeepers of grammar, they regularly invoke the little-known Plain Writing Act signed into law early in the Obama era. As they do, they nudge a government predisposed t...

Jargon critics, crusaders for clarity and gatekeepers of grammar nudge a government predisposed to over-complication and incomprehensibility toward making sense. They stubbornly drag the bureaucracy along, using methods that are generally subtle and gentle but occasionally blunt.

Published on: Sunday, January 03, 2021 By: Emeritus Prof Shad Saleem Faruqi Text Size: Malaysian grads: Most unable to land jobs due to lacking proficiency in English. MALAYSIAN Employers Federation executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan believes poor command of the English language among many Bumiputra graduates is the main reason why they find it hard to get jobs in the private sector, which accounts for 90pc of employment in the country. Our political and educational leaders must take note of this view and accept that felicity with additional languages, especially English and Mandarin,...