[lg policy] Edling Digest, Vol 37, Issue 9

Fri Oct 29 15:52:38 UTC 2010

 Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu

Today's Topics:

  1. IRL: Walsh urges halving Irish language budget (Francis Hult)
  2. Korean Language Learning Grows In Popularity in Southeast
     Asia (Francis Hult)
  3. Thailand: Plan to make English 2nd language vetoed (Francis Hult)
  4. Education reforms anger Tibetans (Francis Hult)
  5. UK: Study reveals common gaffes when using a foreign      language
     (Francis Hult)
  6. US: Michigan's tribal language bill allows uncertified    Native
     speakers to teach (Francis Hult)
  7. Now, TOEFL junior will test your kids' English knowledge
     (Francis Hult)
  8. India's 'untouchables' to build temple to 'Goddess of the
     English language' (Francis Hult)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:55:12 -0500
From: "Francis Hult" <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] IRL: Walsh urges halving Irish language budget
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Irish Independent

Walsh urges halving Irish language budget

The amount of time spent teaching Irish in schools should be slashed and
'smart economy' subjects such as maths, science or even Chinese should be
taught instead, according to an influential educator.

Full story:

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/walsh-urges-halving-irish-language-budget-2382982.html

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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:46:22 -0500
From: "Francis Hult" <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Korean Language Learning Grows In Popularity in
       Southeast       Asia
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Arirang

Korean Language Learning Grows In Popularity in Southeast Asia

The popularity of learning Korean seems to be growing in Southeast Asia as
nearly 30-thousand people in Vietnam have taken the Korean language
proficiency exam in 2010 to test and improve their Korean language skills.

Full story:

http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=108153&code=Ne2&category=2

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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:49:09 -0500
From: "Francis Hult" <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Thailand: Plan to make English 2nd language vetoed
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Bangkok Post

Plan to make English 2nd language vetoed

The Education Ministry has scrapped a plan to make English the country's
second language, saying it could lead to misunderstandings that Thailand had
been colonised in the past.

The ministry will make English the main foreign language instead of the
second official language, Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat said
yesterday.

Full story:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/202224/plan-to-make-english-2nd-language-vetoed

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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:00:12 -0500
From: "Francis Hult" <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Education reforms anger Tibetans
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BBC News

Education reforms anger Tibetans

Around dawn last Friday a message was passed around the dormitories of
Tibetan students at the Central University of Nationalities in Beijing.

They were asked to join a demonstration planned for later that day to
complain at plans that could downgrade the use of Tibetan in schools.

Full story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11634364

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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:02:21 -0500
From: "Francis Hult" <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] UK: Study reveals common gaffes when using a foreign
       language
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Telegraph

Study reveals common gaffes when using a foreign language

Calling Greek locals a "squid", asking for a "condom" at the breakfast
table, and declaring yourself "pregnant" to a French waiter are among the
most common mistakes made by Britons attempting to speak a foreign language
while abroad.

Full story:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/weird-wide-world/8087500/Study-reveals-common-gaffes-when-using-a-foreign-language.html

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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:03:56 -0500
From: "Francis Hult" <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] US: Michigan's tribal language bill allows
       uncertified     Native speakers to teach
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Indian Country Today

Michigan's tribal language bill allows uncertified Native speakers to teach

The Michigan legislature has taken a commonsense approach to the teaching of
Native languages in the state's public schools.

As of Sept. 30, public school students will get foreign language credits for
succeeding in Native American language and culture classes taught by tribal
elders and other Native language speakers who are not state-certified
teachers.

Full story:

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/greatlakes/Michigans-tribal-language-bill-allows-uncertified-Native-speakers-to-teach-105534333.html

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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:05:44 -0500
From: "Francis Hult" <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Now, TOEFL junior will test your kids' English
       knowledge
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Daily News & Analysis

Now, Toefl junior will test your kids' English knowledge

The Educational Testing Service (ETS), the creator of the Toefl (Test of
English as a foreign language), has developed a junior version to guide
English learning of middle school students.

Full story:

http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_now-toefl-junior-will-test-your-kids-english-knowledge_1458371

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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:16:28 -0500
From: "Francis Hult" <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] India's 'untouchables' to build temple to 'Goddess
       of the  English language'
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Telegraph

India's 'untouchables' to build temple to 'Goddess of the English language'

Leaders of India's low-caste Dalits are to celebrate the opening of a temple
shaped like a desktop computer to inspire "untouchable" children to improve
their prospects in life by learning English.

Full story:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8090491/Indias-untouchables-to-build-temple-to-Goddess-of-the-English-language.html

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
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