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The art of printing first entered India through Goa.In a letter to St. Ignatius of Loyola, written on April 30, 1556, [1] Father Gasper Caleza speaks of a ship carrying a printing press setting sail for Abyssinia from Portugal, with the purpose of helping missionary work in Abyssinia.
This list gives a geographical overview of all the worldwide locations of the Goethe-Institut. The list also includes Goethe Centres which are overseas German cultural institutions that have official cooperation agreements with the Goethe-Institut and offer some of the services of the Goethe-Institut, e.g. language classes and certification. Africa Country City Algeria Algiers Angola Luanda ...
International Centre, Goa is prominent conference centre, seminars venue, and cultural space in the western Indian state of Goa. It is located at Dona Paula , outside Panjim ( Panjim ). Its setting up has been supported, among others, by the Ford Foundation .
Goa University institutional repository, languages and literature section; The Goa Archives [9] Fundação Oriente, Panjim-based Portuguese cultural body, which has helped some writers with small grants of a few thousand rupees. [10] Goa University Library: It has a large collections in the languages of Konkani, Marathi, English, Portuguese ...
Global Online Academy (GOA) is a nonprofit organization which provides online classes, workshops, and other educational resources for students and teachers. [1] Accredited courses for middle and high school students are offered through GOA by a consortium of about 120 member schools, all independent .
Recognising a lack of language learning resources for many Pacific languages it worked with local native speakers to launch an online platform for languages such as Māori, Samoan and Cook Islands Māori. [2] [3] [4] The language laboratories within the Centre were equipped for teaching New Zealand Sign Language in addition to spoken languages. [5]
The Jamaican Movement for the Advancement of Literacy, established in 1974, is a government body in Jamaica, an offshoot of the American National Literacy Board. [1] It has specific goals regarding improving literacy rates in Jamaica.
An Old Portuguese sign, Goa. The Portuguese controlled Goa until 1961, when India took over. Only a very small fraction of Goans speak Portuguese nowadays. Although an essential religious language, there were 1,500 students learning Portuguese in Goa in 2015; totaling a number of 10,000 – 12,000 Portuguese speakers in the state.