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Declaration on the codification of Slovak Sign Language was signed in Bratislava on September 23, 2020.

Codified sign language helps, but not everyone

Most people with hearing loss do not use Slovak Sign Language.

Facebook has its strong community standards, but it lacks the courage and human resources to fight disinformation on the platform efficiently, claims social media expert Gabriel Tóth.
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After obtaining a Slovak passport in 2017, American Andre Jones represented Slovakia for three years.

The NBA did not work out for them. US basketball players star in Slovakia's top league

The first US basketball players came to play in Slovakia in the nineties.

Slovakia's only LGBTI sports club, Lotus Flowers, brings the LGBTI community and their allies together, and even some anti-LGBTI people.
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Slovak gay sportspeople live among us

A decade ago, gay people founded their own sports club, Lotus Flowers, in Bratislava.

Trnava hired a top US coach to get local children moving.

She trained top NHL athletes, now the Texan works with Trnava teachers

US coach Teri Nicole Rodriguez has six months to come up with a plan on how to get local children up and moving.

Social media is a stage, and we dance on it with posts and comments.

Glossary: Social media is a stage. How can we dance on it well?

The Spectator College glossary relates to the Communication topic.

Cartoon from Puck, a US humour magazine, published on August 9, 1899 by J. S. Pughe. Uncle Sam sees hyphenated voters and asks, “Why should I let these freaks cast whole ballots when they are only half Americans?”

Parents did not want them to speak Slovak, but “totally Americanised” old boys are giving it a try

I want to become a Slovak citizen so I must learn Slovak, says second-generation Slovak-American Gregory Fabian.

Renáta Kamenárová teaches Slovak at the University of Pittsburgh. She has also co-written several "Krížom krážom" textbooks, which are used by those teaching Slovak to foreigners.
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‘In Pittsburgh, my accent sounds familiar to people’

Older Americans in the Pittsburgh area remember some Slovak phrases even today.

The Spectator College glossary relates to the Sports and Games topic.

Glossary: US basketball players, coach from Texas, and Slovakia's only LGBTI sports club

The Spectator College glossary relates to the Sports and Games topic.

No single list of foreigners who are entitled to vote in Slovakia exists.

It is a simple question. How many foreigners vote in Slovakia?

The million-dollar question the state and towns can hardly answer.

On the Spectator College podcast, Briton Addy Akram, who serves as a councillor in eastern Slovakia, talks about his journey into Slovak local politics.
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'No one has come to me and spat on my face': Briton on being a councillor in Slovakia

Addy Akram speaks about how he became a local politician in eastern Slovakia and why foreigners should vote in Slovakia.

Anti-Slovak posters first appeared in Tinsley and different parts of Sheffield towards the end of 2020.

In Sheffield, discriminatory posters targeting Slovaks remain unpunished

First posters appeared around Sheffield before last Christmas.

The Spectator College is a programme designed to support the study and teaching of English in Slovakia, as well as to inspire interest in important public issues among young people.

Glossary: Slovak immigrants’ language declined as they helped build America

The Spectator College glossary relates to the Countries Whose Language I Am Learning topic.

Members of the local election commission register a voter in the list of voters during the by-elections to the local government bodies on October 3, 2020 in the village of Veľká Hradná in the Trenčín Region.

Glossary: Foreigners can vote for a better life in Slovakia

The Spectator College glossary relates to the Multicultural Society topic.

The Šarišan group shot.

Due to poor assistance, Slovak folk music might vanish from North America

The number of folk groups has declined, and the existing ones are struggling.

The "Super Slovaks" book recounts the story of Slovakia through the bios of some of the greatest Slovaks.
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To impact the world, it is enough to love your roses. Sometimes

A new book teaches people that difficult circumstances are not an obstacle to becoming super.

Východná Slovak Dancers, a Canadian-Slovak folk ensemble, performs in Toronto in July 2019.

Glossary: The challenging preservation of Slovak folk music in North America

The Spectator College glossary relates to the Culture and Art topic.

Linda Stanko (second from the right) and her aunt Susan (second from the left) visited Slovakia in May 2015 for the first time.
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During family search in Slovakia, Google Translate comes in handy

Tracing your roots may get addictive, but what does it take to succeed?

Cynthia Sandor, her parents and her Slovak family on a farm near Zvolen in the early eighties.

As they age, Americans’ desire to reconnect with Slovakia grows

It is mostly middle-aged and older Slovak Americans who trace their roots.

The Greek Catholic wooden church of St. Michael Archangel in Inovce, Sobrance district, eastern Slovakia. Many people from this part of the country left for America in the past.

Glossary: Completing a mosaic of personal histories

The Spectator College glossary relates to the Family topic.

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