News You Can Use is a selection of articles that concern language and writing in an international context. Have an interesting article to share? Post it in the comments below or on Facebook!

It’s summer reading time! The summer 2013 issue of Kairos includes several articles of interest to the international community.

The latest issue of Praxis is also filled with great articles, including Tzu-Shan Chang’s “The Idea of a Writing Center in Asian Countries: A Preliminary Search of Models in Taiwan.” 

And just for fun, a look at “Words that Last,” “‘ultraconserved words’ that have remained largely unchanged for 15,000 years.”