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November 2002 The Debate Over English Language Acquisition By Kara H. Stein & Heidi Fisher In the past decade, as the student population in the U.S. has grown increasingly ethnically and linguistically diverse, the debate around English language acquisition has come to the forefront of national educational policy... (more) September 2002 A Word with Jesse Sheidlower, Lexicographer, Oxford U. Press By Marie Holmes Part cultural archive, part authoritative database, nothing, perhaps, fits the definition of “living document” as well as the dictionary... (more) August 2002 English Language Learners Let Down By Priya Athiappan Advocates for Children claims English Language Learner (ELL) students are receiving an inferior education. (more) July 2002 My Experiences In Italy By Molly Wallace Suor Paola was a nun, a sports commentator and a teacher. It was the day of my tenth birthday when I started as a student in her fifth grade class. (more) June 2002 Language Events Dr. David Birdsong to Give Presentation on Late Learning of Second Languages Dr. David Birdsong (Ph.D., Romance Languages, Harvard University), Associate Professor of French Linguistics at the University of Texas,... (more) Queensborough
Community College Establishes Language Program for Immigrants May 2002 Preserving the Cheyenne Language By Richard E. Littlebear Cheyenne speakers are uneasy about losing our language. They say, “It’s scary” when asked about it. The loss is scary because most do not realize... (more) Foreign
Language Conference Encourages Study Abroad March 2002 New TV Show for Hispanic Children Designed for a pre-school aged audience, “Mi Casita” (My Little House) now runs every morning on Hispanic cable network Galavision. (more) February 2002 Englishclub.com Voted “Best English Language Site” In a survey of 7,000 English language students and teachers conducted by Study Saint, the 100 percent free-access englishclub.com, was ranked... (more) January 2002 Foreign Language Teaching Around the World By Marie Holmes In Thailand, students begin learning English in the first grade. French instruction now begins in the second grade for Moroccan children. (more) December 2001 Study Abroad Options Compiled by Marie Holmes Considering study abroad? More students than ever are taking advantage of the opportunities that study abroad offers. (more) New
York High School Student Wins Summer in London November 2001 U.S. Departments of State & Education Announce International Education Week By Marie Holmes U.S. embassies and consulates around the world, as well as other governmental and educational institutions, will hold events to... (more) September 2001 Exchange Student Experiences: Japan By Christopher Lapinig It was the language of Japan that brought me thousands of miles away from my home; the prospect of speaking to native speakers and nurturing my language skills. (more) September in History Compiled by Chris Rowan (more) August 2001 A Children’s Story: Cycling Away the Day By Adam Ben Simcha (more) Learning
English with English Jump Start at IS 119 By
Katarzyna Kozanecka Berlitz International: An Institute for Language Lovers by Toni Brett In a city as culturally diverse as New York, the sounds of Spanish, German, Italian, French and many other foreign tongues fill the air like international symphonies. And if music soothes the soul, language lures the intellect. Should the passions of your mind and spirit merge in a quest to learn a foreign language, then the 125-year old Berlitz International is to foreign language students what Carnegie Hall is to concert musicians. (more) June
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