Doing It in a Foreign Language Groundviews Get it wrong, and a native speaker will immediately know you are just reading transcribed text of a foreign language that you are yet to master. ... |
April 2010
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05 Apr 2010 02:46 am
Doing It in a Foreign Language – Groundviews
05 Apr 2010 01:02 am
Math lessons in Mandarin? Local schools go global – Seattle Times
Math lessons in Mandarin? Local schools go global Seattle Times At Beacon Hill International School, many students learn a second language along with their ABCs by spending half of each school day immersed in Mandarin ... |
05 Apr 2010 12:11 am
Advocates: Court language barriers persist despite law – Daytona Beach News-Journal
Advocates: Court language barriers persist despite law Daytona Beach News-Journal That increases the chances of justice eluding non-English speakers, De La Mora said. "Having an interpreter is not a language right," De La Mora said. ... |
04 Apr 2010 11:49 pm
Vivid visit to seldom-heard English songs – San Francisco Chronicle
Vivid visit to seldom-heard English songs San Francisco Chronicle The idea to devote an entire program to English-language art songs from a particular period proved to be a bit confining. Some signs of weariness and ... Alice Coote: Song at Its Finest |
04 Apr 2010 03:35 pm
English developing fast – Ceylon Daily News
English developing fast Ceylon Daily News This qualification is hardly adequate to teach English as a second language. The appropriate corrective step would be to establish a separate English ... |
04 Apr 2010 01:09 pm
Colgate professors’ research sheds light on foreign-language learning – Madison County Courier
Colgate professors' research sheds light on foreign-language learning Madison County Courier In other words, seeing lip movements during training helped learners to perceive difficult sounds in a foreign language, but seeing hand gestures actually ... |
03 Apr 2010 12:21 pm
A Little More Tongue – Huffington Post (blog)
A Little More Tongue Huffington Post (blog) Although Spanish is the most commonly taught foreign language in secondary schools, and maintains a majority in college language classes, it isn't given the ... |
02 Apr 2010 07:38 am
Helping Newcomers With ESL Education
According to recent projections from Statistics Canada, within the next 15 years 50 per cent of Canadians will be visible minorities and by 2031, one-third of Calgarians will be foreign born. Many will need more than basic English-as-a-Second-Language training to succeed academically and professionally.
For this reason, the University of Calgary’s English for Academic Purposes program has been working for 10 years to prepare students for their post-secondary and professional careers. EAP celebrated its 10th anniversary last week, where past program students were recognized and future directions discussed. (more…)