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[Mary Hermes]

Agree Lindsay,
This is the sound bite news that is really ill informed, someone needs to send Mr. Walsh the report on Rosetta Stone,
published at his own university. And really, Hilary Clinton is going to fund Rosetta Stone to do this in Hawaii?
wow.


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Mary Hermes, PhD
Associate and Visiting Professor, 2011-12
Curriculum and Instruction
University of Minnesota





On Sep 3, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Lindsay Marean wrote:

> Did I misread this article?  Did the author really just write that the solution to language endangerment abroad is for the United States to swoop in with funding for Rosetta Stone products?  I wonder how much awareness the author has of the state of indigenous languages right here in the good ol' US of A?  
> 
> Good eye as always, Phil, for news of language endangerment/revitalization in the media.  Did this article catch anyone else in their cranky shoes, or just me?
> 
> Lindsay
> 
> On 9/2/12 2:30 PM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote:
>> “Half of the 6,000 plus spoken languages today will disappear by the end of the century.” 
>> 
>> By Eddie Walsh
>> September 2, 2012
>> 
>> According to UNESCO, “half of the 6,000 plus spoken languages today will disappear by the end of the century” if the world fails to take action to preserve endangered languages.
>> 
>> The situation in the Pacific is particularly troubling. The Statistics section under the “Resources” tab of the Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger shows that well over a hundred native languages are listed as vulnerable or endangered in           Pacific ACP (African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States) countries. If one considers the larger Pacific Islands Forum           region, the number soars to several hundred, with 108 vulnerable and endangered languages in Australia alone.
>> 
>> Access full article below:
>> http://thediplomat.com/sport-culture/2012/09/02/saving-endangered-pacific-languages/
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