October 2007
Monthly Archive
14 Oct 2007 07:50 am
Hispanics Majority Of Dodge City Elementary Schools
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While other schools in the Midwest may be dominated by blond-headed children, they become the minority here. The middle and high schools aren’t far behind, where approximately 60 percent of the students come from Latino ancestry. “These students come from all over the world, not just Mexico,” said Robert Vinton, director of migrant education and the English as a Second Language program. “They also have varying degrees of English language skills.” USD 443 has an expansive ESL program that targets all grade levels and language skills. “We look at the individual needs that the kids bring in in terms of English,” said Vinton. “For students that are new to the district and new to the country, we have the newcomer program.” |
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search for : English as a Second Language, ESL
13 Oct 2007 06:20 am
St. Teresa High School Offers Six-week ESL Course
| The Foreign Language/Culture Club (FLCC) at St. Teresa High School will offer six?week courses in Spanish and English as a Second Language (ESL) for children 7-12 years, preschoolers and adults throughout the 2007-2008 school year. Classes will be held on Saturdays in first floor classrooms at St. Teresa, and will be taught by Kathleen Lassau, FLCC advisor, and several club members. The cost is $60 per six-week session, with $30 of that due as a non-refundable fee at the time of registration, and the remainder due the first day of class. |
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search for : English as a Second Language, ESL
12 Oct 2007 07:01 am
Georgetown And Scott County Address Student Diversity
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Georgetown and Scott County have seen not only major growth in the county’s economy in the last 20 years, but also major growth in the county’s diversity. That diversity has spread to the Scott County schools, where the number of students who speak English as a second language keeps going up. “Our English as a Second Lan_guage program has been in place for 15 years, and the population in the program has increased each year,” said Ken Wright, director of elementary curriculum. Steve Hill, of the migrant education program, said, “We have 120 to 130 kids who were born in the U.S. but whose language spoken in the home is different from English.” |
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search for : English as a second language
11 Oct 2007 07:12 am
Texas Tech Receives $1.5 Million Grant To Fund ESL Teacher Training
| The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Texas Tech College of Education to fund programs designed to educate teachers of non-English speaking students. The grant was awarded to Tech’s Teacher Education Alliance Collaborative for Higher Education program, known as Project TEACH, to help fund its programs for teachers serving English Language Learners and English as a Second Language (ESL) students, said Zenaida Aguirre-Munoz, co-principal investigator for Project TEACH and an associate professor in the College of Education. |
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search for : U.S. Department of Education, Texas Tech College of Education, ESL
10 Oct 2007 07:05 am
Understanding The Debate Over Spanish Integration In America
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While the majority of Americans still speak English, the Spanish language has become more prominent, intermingling with the English language and culture. Today some states have streets signs and employment applications in Spanish. More schools are teaching the language in classrooms. Even when you dial an 800 number in the United States, the first option likely tells you to press for Spanish. Some Americans are less than enthused about the prospect of Spanish becoming part of the mainstream. |
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search for : Spanish language
09 Oct 2007 06:56 am
Cal State Fullerton Students Going International
| Social events in Cal State Fullerton and the American Language Program are some of the ways that non-native speakers can practice and improve their English. Every semester international students face the challenging task of communicating with native speakers and adapting to a foreign way of life. It is a lot to ask from one person, but CSUF collaborates with these new students. Those who are preparing to take Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with the hope of getting accepted into CSUF have the option of enrolling into the intensive English program provided by the American Language Program. Students have the same access to campus facilities such as the library and computer centers. In addition, classes are taught by an experienced staff with advanced degrees in teaching English as a second language. There are approximately over 200 students enrolled this semester in the American Language Program. |
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search for : Test of English as a Foreign Language, American Language Program, English as a second language
08 Oct 2007 07:01 am
Cargill’s English Classes Give Latino Workers A Helping Hand
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The Cargill beef processing plant in Dodge City is taking a different approach to helping workers climb the career ladder. They’re giving them English classes. About 85% of the 2,750 employees at the plant are Spanish-speaking. Many of them are taking English as a Second Language classes through a program that Cargill started in Nebraska and has since expanded companywide. Dodge City plant manager Ken Conkle says workers who take the classes are more involved and interested in the company and stay there longer. He says the program also makes workers feel valued by the company. |
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search for : English as a Second Language
07 Oct 2007 07:34 am
Quebec Parents Want Choice In School Language
| Quebec parents want choice in schooling for their children. Because of our peculiar politics, minority anglophones have a freedom denied to the francophone majority and to immigrants: the right to choose English or French schools. Under Quebec law, parents have an option for their kids only if at least one parent has had the majority of his or her schooling in English in Canada. And if parents persist in their wicked insistence on deciding what’s good for their children, well, the state is not without resources: The Direction de la protection de la jeunesse can ultimately be called in. At the end of that road, in theory, parents could lose their children. Oddly, though, really rich parents are perfectly free to send their kids to boarding schools in the United States or overseas, in any language. But countless parents in every language group want to decide freely what’s right for their offspring. |
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