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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Language Policy Research Unit (LPRU), a division of the Education Policy</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Studies Laboratory (EPSL) at Arizona State University, has recently updated the News Archives section of their website. This section provides the full-text of articles related to Language Policy and Planning from major newspapers around the world. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Over 200 articles appearing in April and May 2002 have been added.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Articles are listed by date in reverse chronological order. Articles for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">June 2002 will be uploaded shortly. The titles of the articles are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">listed below. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">We are interested in posting news articles related to langauge policy</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">and planning in languages other than English. If you come across any,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">please forward it to me at wayne.wright@asu.edu.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Thank you again for your interest. Comments and suggestions are welcome!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Wayne E. Wright </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Administrative Associate </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Language Policy Research Unit </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Education Policy Studies Laboratory </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Language Policy Research Unit </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Terrence G. Wiley, Director </FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">May 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">State education board approves rules for English-only instruction </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Associated Press, May 31, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Paradise Valley district at risk of losing federal funds </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Anne Ryman, Arizona Republic, May 31, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Rules OKd to Allow Bilingual Teaching </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Kids learn a trio of languages; Montessori method used in San Mateo </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Cicero A. Estrella, The San Francisco Chronicle, May 31, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Immersion students converse well in second language (Letter to Editor) </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Joan Netten (National president Canadian Parents for French), Ottawa</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Citizen, May 31, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Cosgrove Speaks Up For Languages </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Lucy Beaumont And Linda Doherty, Sydney Morning Herald, May 31, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Word Of Mouth Keeps Language Classes Filled </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Cynthia Cantrell, The Boston Globe, May 30, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Principals Speak Poorly Of Foreign Language Courses </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Matthew Fynes-Clinton, Courier Mail (Australia), May 30, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Primary schools abandon languages </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Nhada Goodfellow, The Advertiser (Australia), May 30, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Mount Pleasant a Trove of Spanish Titles </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Marcela Sanchez, The Washington Post, May 30, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">More firms pitch in for Speak Mandarin effort; Organisers want to see</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">government-initiated campaign evolve into something the private sector</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">and general public can own </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Straits Times (Singapore), May 30, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Gapena: Malays must master other languages </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 30, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English language teachers urged to make efforts to improve student</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">proficiency </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 30, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Vietnamese Language Classes to Be Offered; Education: Parents asked</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Garden Grove to consider the courses, saying their children are not</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">learning the tongue of their heritage. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Vivian Letran, Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2002 (Orange County Edition) </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Schools' Bilingual Ed Failures Push States To Seek Reforms </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tom Gray, Investor's Business Daily, May 29, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Proficiency in English gives job applicants competitive edge </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 28, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Mastering Arabic's Nuances No Easy Mission </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, May 28, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Speaking English A State Issue New Immigrants Clamor For Classes </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Cindy Rodriguez and Bill Dedman, The Boston Globe, May 27, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">PROPOSICION 227: Los hijos de otros </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Francisco Ramos, La Opinion (Los Angeles), May 27, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">In Tokyo, 'free drinks' do not mean free drinks; This erroneous</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">translation from a Japanese phrase highlights the nation's appalling</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">standard of English </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Kwan Weng Kin, The Straits Times (Singapore), May 27, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Language lessons </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Editorial, South China Morning Post, May 27, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English benchmark test for students floated </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Quinton Chan, South China Morning Post, May 27, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">British schools to downgrade foreign languages </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Alfred Lee, The Straits Times (Singapore), May 27, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Almost first in second languages Nebraska has seen a surge in students</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">studying Spanish, German and French. Foreign language enrollment in 2000</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Judith Nygren, Omaha World-Herald, May 27, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Without words; For a 15-year-old Filipina, the School for the Deaf in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Fremont offered her best - and perhaps last - chance for language </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Elizabeth Bell, The San Francisco Chronicle, May 26, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Research on the meaning of language; Berkeley author focuses on deaf</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">people who learn to use words late in life </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Elizabeth Bell, The San Francisco Chronicle, May 26, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Gael Force Lifts Hopes Of Vanishing Native Speakers </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Murdo Mcleod, Scotland on Sunday, May 26, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Aldine 6th-grader is numero uno; 12-year-old takes home top prize in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">bilingual spelling bee </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Allan Turner, The Houston Chronicle, May 26, 2002 (4 STAR EDITION) </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">180K in Pima speak solely in Spanish at home </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Larry Copenhaver, Tucson Citizen, May 25, 2002 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">*** Plus Letter to Editor regarding this article by James Crawford *** </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Schools Ditch Language Teaching </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Richard Garner, The Independent (London), May 25, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Say pee-neuf: Take a lecon in Montrealeze </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Janice Kennedy, Ottawa Citizen, May 25, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tongue-tied over Gaelic </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Herald (Glasgow), May 25, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">TOEFL loses favour as proficiency test </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Gary Cheung and Linda Yeung, South China Morning Post, May 25, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Indonesian MPs Benefit From Swift English Tuition </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Newcastle Herald (Australia), May 25, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Forget Reluctant Teenagers: Start Language Teaching Earlier </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Independent (London), May 25, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">A blow to English schools </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Montreal Gazette, May 25, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">U.S.: 3 Fla. counties hurt non-English-speaking voters </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Associated Press </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">May 24, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Officials 'blocking bid to save Gaelic' </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">David Ross, The Herald (Glasgow), May 24, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Closing school door: French protection in Bill 104 not ideal: MNA </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Kevin Dougherty, Montreal Gazette, May 24, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Civil Servants Accused Of 'Anti-Gaelic Racism' </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">John Ross, The Scotsman, May 24, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The revival of Gaelic; Education, not legislation, will prove most</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">effective </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Herald (Glasgow), May 23, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The great English debate - to be or not to be? </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Zainal Rampak, Business Times (Malaysia), May 23, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Learning Greek at a most uncommon school; Legendary teacher at Church of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">the Annunciation has inspired multiple generations </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer, May 23, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Parents Seek Principal's Ouster for 'English Only' Request. Education:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">She is accused of racism at the Pacoima school, which is 98% Latino. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Drastic Action Needed To Safeguard Future Of Gaelic, Report Warns </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Paul Kelbie, The Independent (London), May 23, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Aldine language program focuses on bilingual needs </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Carol E. Vaughn, The Houston Chronicle, May 23, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Language Is A Key To Understanding </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">K. C. Boey, The Age (Melbourne), May 22, 2002 Wednesday </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Gaelic Is Being Neglected - Mp </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Seonag Mackinnon, The Scotsman, May 22, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">State High Court To Reconsider Bilingual Ed Ballot Language </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Holly Yettick, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), May 21, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Minority students need help in Chinese </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Ravina Shamdasani, South China Morning Post, May 21, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Kerry linguist raps Irish teaching </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Irish Times, May 21, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Gov's Global Warming: Targeting voters with bilingual ads </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Joe Mahoney, Daily News (New York), May 21, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Talking in tongues: When it comes to learning a foreign language, can</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">les rostbifs cut the mustard? asks Oliver Robinson </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Oliver Robinson, The Guardian (London), May 20, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Grady clinic tries to put Spanish speakers at ease </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Yolanda Rodriguez, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, May 20, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Teikyo is tops for Japanese language learning </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">R.V. Veera, New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 19, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Teen-agers master language, culture of their ancestors; Grads able to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">speak Mandarin Chinese </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Terry Rodgers, The San Diego Union-Tribune, May 19, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Surfers favour English medium </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Azmi M. Anshar, New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 19, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Money talks - in putonghua: Mother-tongue policy taking a toll on</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English, says East Asia correspondent CHING CHEONG </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Ching Cheong, The Straits Times (Singapore), May 19, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Champions of the overdog: PQ language changes target the poor and middle</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">class, not the rich </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Don Macpherson, Montreal Gazette, May 18, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">'Street-Spanish' Bible seen as blessing </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Fort Worth Star-Telegram </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">May 17, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Talking change in E. Timor: With independence comes Portuguese as the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">official language. Many have trouble with that. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Chris Brummitt, Associated Press/Philadelphia Enquirer, May 17, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">No question of English-medium schools' </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Joniston Bangkuai, New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 17, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Boston Didn't Adhere To Bilingual Plan Judge Rules Ratios For Teachers</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Are Off </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Megan Tench, The Boston Globe, May 17, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Bill 104 questioned: No threat to French language: Liberals </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Kevin Dougherty, Montreal Gazette, May 17, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Access denied: School rulings nullify English: Tyler </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Hubert Bauch, Montreal Gazette, May 17, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2 San Diego men accused in testing scam </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Marisa Taylor, The San Diego Union-Tribune, May 16, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Wisconsin-- Proposal for English as 'official' language gets hot</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">response </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Star Tribune, May 16, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Make pass in English compulsory </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Chok Suat Ling, New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 16, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Board OKs beefed up bilingual ed ballot title </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Holly Yettick, Rocky Mountain News (Colorado), May 16, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Networking with China - through Mandarin; Knowing the language is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">crucial for Malaysia to tap into China's economy and interact with its</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">future power players </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Karim Raslan, The Business Times Singapore, May 15, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Our Opinions: Help immigrant children adapt </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, May 15, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Get retired English teachers </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 15, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English school boards denounce change in law </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Karen Seidman, Montreal Gazette, May 15, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Diverse DeKalb schools dial-up language help </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Shelia M. Poole, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 15, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">More 'hablan español': Spanish as home language a growing trend, census</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">says </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Associated Press, May 15, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Spanish tailor-made for business; Teacher customizes instruction to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">professions </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Rick Badie, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, May 14, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Make it compulsory to pass English </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 14, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Census: More Speak Spanish at Home </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Genaro C. Armas, Associated Press. May 14, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">"Bilingual classes get vote of no confidence" Poll shows two-thirds of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">residents still favor amendment to limit Hispanic instruction </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Holly Yettick, Denver Rocky Mountain News, May 14, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Maoist Rebels Set Fire to Sanskrit-Language University in Nepal </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Martha Ann Overland, The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 14, 2002 </FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Metro courts to employ new certified interpreters </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Judith R. Tackett, The City Paper (Tennessee), May 13, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Indian student gets an A in Beijing test; Secondary 3 schoolgirl is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">among youngest here and only Indian to take proficiency test for Chinese</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">language, equivalent of Toefl </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Leong Weng Kam, The Straits Times (Singapore), May 13, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Court interpreters get guidelines </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Lawrence Buser, The Commercial Appeal (Tennessee), May 13, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Survey shows big Aye' for English medium </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Azmi M. Anshar, New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 12, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Master English to excel in studies, career </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 12, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English in schools stirs passionate debate </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Balan Moses, New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 12, 2002 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Umno says 'no' to schools in English; A shortage of teachers and the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">radical nature of change are behind the decision, but Mahathir says</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">science and maths will be taught in English </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Leslie Lau, The Straits Times (Singapore), May 11, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">'Other Spanish' led to census missteps </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Knight Ridder Newspapers, May 11, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Maths, Science to be in English (HL) </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Ramlan Said and Ainon Mohd, New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 11, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Left in the lurch by Bill 101 change </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Allison Hanes, Montreal Gazette, May 11, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">In Quebec, even Anglos want to protect French. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Bill denying English education to many meets indifference </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Martin Patriquin, Toronto Star, May 11, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">EDITORIAL: Root out fake test-takers </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Denver Post, May 11, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">DBP: Use English in certain subjects </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 11, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">56 foreigners arrested in US for test fraud </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Straits Times (Singapore), May 10, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">'Zero tolerance' for visa fraud. 4 students charged with using impostors</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">to take English exams </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Bobbi Nodell, The Seattle Times, May 10, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">World Briefing-Latvia: Language law dropped </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New York Times, May 10, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tee Keat: Close-mindedness hampering English proficiency </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 10, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Mixed views on returning to English medium </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Ramlan Said and Hayati Hayatudin, New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 10,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Helping to bring English to the state's classrooms </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Bringing English to state's schools (Opinion) </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Mark Wyland and Ken Noonan, San Diego Union Tribune, May 9, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Filipino schools to devote more time to English; Filipinos' fluency in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">the language has fallen after it was scrapped as the medium of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">instruction in 1989 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Luz Baguioro, The Straits Times (Singapore), May 9, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Bringing English to state's schools </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Mark Wyland and Ken Noonan, The San Diego Union-Tribune, May 9, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Ban on bilingual ed still facing challenge Court to revisit title of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">ballot measure </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Eric Hubler, The Denver Post, May 9, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">50 charged with taking English tests for others </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Wayne Parry, Associated Press, May 8, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">5 local men held in exam scheme 56 foreign nationals arrested nationwide</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Susan Greene, The Denver Post, May 8, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">School loophole closing: Tightening access to English is key aim of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">amendment </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Allison Hanes, Montreal Gazette, May 8, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Quebec tightens language charter. More difficult for immigrants to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">attend English schools </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Alexander Panetta, Toronto Star, May 8, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Cautious aye' to re-introducing English-medium school system </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">P. Sharmini, New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 8, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Bring back English soon </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 8, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Spanish enters political arsenal </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Jessica Lee, USA Today, May 7, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Looking back to English (HL) </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 7, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Nelson flunks test on Asian languages </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Australian, May 6, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">For a Dying Literature, a Digital Savior </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Eric Goldscheider, New York Times, May 6, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Java Gets Translated; Flushing Starbucks goes trilingual </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Bryan Virasami, Newsday (New York, NY), May 5, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">For a start, free English classes for kids; Puteri Umno's pilot project</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">to improve competency and make the language less intimidating will be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">expanded nationwide </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Brendan Pereira, The Straits Times (Singapore), May 5, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Arresting the Chinese language slide </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Sim Chi Yin, The Straits Times (Singapore), May 5, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Many Aussie kids may never learn what this means; Their government has</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">opted out of teaching Asian languages </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Jayandra Menon, The Straits Times (Singapore), May 4, 2002 Saturday </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Harsh words over Asian language cut </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Sophie Morris, The Weekend Australian, May 4, 2002, LOCAL; Pg. 3 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Cash Cuts For Asian Classes </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Linda Doherty, Sydney Morning Herald, May 4, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Asian Studies 'vandalised' </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Report Tony Walker, Australian Financial Review, May 4, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Asian studies funds slashed </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), May 4, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Asian language teaching axed </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Matthew Fynes-Clinton and Rosemary Odgers, Courier Mail, May 4, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Upbeat findings on Latinos in U.S.; Nation's largest minority overcomes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">hardships, exceeds expectations in health, language, studies say </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tyche Hendricks, The San Francisco Chronicle, MAY 3, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Spanish-language test-takers' scores climb once again </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Carol Kreck, The Denver Post, May 3, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Government drops $30m Asian language program </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Louise Milligan, The Australian, May 3, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Caucus targets English learners </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Aurelio Rojas, Sacramento Bee, May 3, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English a necessary tool </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Koh Soo Ling, New Straits Times (Malaysia), May 2, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Crestwood Elementary Students Study Foreign Language: English Children</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Of Immigrants Get Special Help To Learn New Way To Speak, Read, Write,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Absorb New Culture As Well As Schoolwork </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Theresa Tighe, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 2, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Ballot Question On Bilingual Education Tweaked; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Wording Ok'd For Initiative That Seeks To Dismantle State Program </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Holly Yettick, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), May 2, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Test shows English fluency in state a big problem </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Jill Tucker and T.S. Mills-Faraudo, San Mateo County Times, May 01, 2002</FONT>
</P>
<BR>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">24% of Schools' English-Learners Test Fluent </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Education: Advocates credit immersion classes, but educators say exam's</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">first year means little. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Los Angeles Times, May 1, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English-proficiency scores for state, county released </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Chris Moran, The San Diego Union-Tribune, May 1, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Problems identified with 75% of non-English-speaking pupils </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Chris Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, May 1, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<BR>
<BR>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">April 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English Influence Is Irritating </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Laurie Nesbitt, Het Financieele Dagblad (English), April 30, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Education: Going native: If the government has its way, all primary</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">children will learn a foreign language from the age of seven. What will</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">this mean in practice? Stephen Cook finds out </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Stephen Cook, The Guardian (London), April 30, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Language Classes Are Talk Of School; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Upper Arlington courses emphasize conversation skills </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Ruth E. Sternberg, Columbus Dispatch, April 29, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English books, Malay lectures, ...and English tutorials soon; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Universities want to use more English but students say it's tough to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">juggle between two languages </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Leslie Lau, Straits Times (Singapore), April 29, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Court offers Spanish aid Program includes volunteer interpreters for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">civil-court litigants and translated materials </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Matthew Kreamer, The Fresno Bee, April, 29, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Gaelic Higher Faces Axe As Sqa Aims For Fewer Still </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Karen Rice, Scotland on Sunday, April 28, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Mayor Wants Better English-Language Instruction in Schools </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Diane Cardwell, The New York Times, April 27, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Japanese and the English language; Tokyo Univ. adopts innovations in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Yoshiomi Morishita, The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo), April 26, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Japanese and the English language; English education system changing</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo), April 26, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Japanese and the English language; English common language of intl</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">community </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Hideyuki Aoki, The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo), April 26, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Learning Hebrew can be fun; Learning Hebrew helps people become more</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">involved in everyday Israeli life </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Francis Beeste, The Jerusalem Post, April 26, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Claim for more Maori language resources </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Dominion (Wellington), April 26, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Putting Government In Other Languages New Law Makes Md. More Accessible </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Christian Davenport, Washington Post, April 25, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Police class reaches out to Russian immigrants </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Karen Rouse, The Denver Post, April 25, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Schools curb Spanish program </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Mary Macdonald, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, April 24, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Multilingualism In Ireland </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Ciar n Coigligh, The Irish Times, April 24, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">A Melting Pot Recipe for Immigrant Students </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Richard Rothstein, New York Times, April 24, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Probe into Welsh language exams </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Jim Pickard, Financial Times (London), April 24, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Wake Forest University Requires Spanish Classes For Would- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Be Doctors </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Associated Press, April 24, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The English divide </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), April 23, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Language centre spreading its wings; Regional Language Centre here will</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">be exporting a postgraduate diploma course to Manila and Hanoi next year</FONT>
</P>
<BR>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Jane Lee, The Straits Times (Singapore, April 23, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Justin Webster on the struggle to retain the Catalan mother tongue </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Justin Webster, The Times (London), April 23, 2002 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Editorial; A bilingual squabble </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Boston Herald, April 23, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">OUR OPINIONS: Adapt testing formulas to immigrant enrollment </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, April 22, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Orange County; Mexico to Offer Adult Classes in Santa Ana; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Schools: Night courses would aid parents of day students, using</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">satellite feed. Approval is likely. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Jennifer Mena, Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2002 (Orange County Edition)</FONT>
</P>
<BR>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Low English use in rural schools </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Rahman Daud, New Straits Times (Malaysia), April 22, 2002 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English Specialty Training Required; Second-Language Teaching Upgraded </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Jane Elizabeth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 22, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Conflict cited on bilingual panel </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Anand Vaishnav, Boston Globe, April 22, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Curtail access to English school, forum says </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Karen Seidman, Montreal Gazette, April 21, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Languages open doors </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Advertiser, April 20, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Singapore's edge lies in English </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Straits Times (Singapore), April 19, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English subtitles for TV shows 'would sharpen language skills' </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Gary Cheung, South China Morning Post, April 19, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Russia Resists Plans to Tweak the Mother Tongue </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Michael Wines, New York Times, April 18, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Quinn deplores lack of training in technology, foreign languages </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Emmet Oliver, The Irish Times, April 18, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Hard words: Quebec cancels free French courses for non-immigrants </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Kristina Edson, Montreal Gazette, April 18, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">China's women-only language under threat </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">BBC News, April 18, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Language Lessons </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, Education Week, April 17, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">French immersion students get together for tete-a-tete </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Catherine Porter, Toronto Star April 17, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Bilingual education ballot question opponents allege wrongdoing </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Associated Press, April 16, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">In celebration of French </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), April 15, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Class aides challenged </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Law requires college for low-paid teacher's helpers </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Kristen Go, The Arizona Republic, April 15, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Iowa-based SCOLA in increasing demand The foreign-language broadcasting</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">service says after Sept. 11 Americans are more aware of their lack of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">understanding of other cultures. </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Chris Clayton, Omaha World-Herald, April 14, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Ideas & Trends: Written Notice; Another Language for the Deaf </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Margalit Fox, The New York Times, April 14, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English In New Demand; Language Programs For Immigrants Feeling Squeeze </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Boston Globe, April 14, 2002, Angelica Medaglia </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Coach helps teachers aim for 1st class CSAP shadows educator prepping</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Spanish speakers for English </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Eric Hubler, The Denver Post, April 14, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Chinese helping hand gave Malay boy a chance; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Chinese scholar and Muis official Jaffar Kassim is now returning the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">favour by bridging the gap between the two races </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Leong Weng Kam, The Straits Times (Singapore), April 14, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Hispanics do value education (Letter to the Editor) </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tucson Citizen, April 13, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Under the Dome: More action at the Legislature </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English programs </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Arizona Republic, April 12, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Legislators warned on funding </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Associated Press & Tucson Citizen, April 12, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New And Confused; Immigrants struggle with health-care system </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Columbus Dispatch, April 11, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Language makes knowledge </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), April 11, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tarrytown Immerses Latinos and the Native-Born </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Marek Fuchs, New York Times, April 10, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Middle ground OK'd on bilingual ed Panel vote eyes ballot challenge </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Anand Vaishnav, Boston Globe, April 10, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Malaysia's new realism towards English </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Abdullah Ahmad, Business Times (Malaysia), April 10, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Bilingual Initiative Blocked; The Issue: State Supreme Court Said</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Initiative's Title Was Misleading; Our View: No, Their Opinion Is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Misguided </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">EDITORIAL, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), April 10, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">State has to year's end to set English learners' cost </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Hipolito R. Corella, Arizona Daily Star, April 9, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Judge calls for review of English programs </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Chip Scutari, The Arizona Republic, April 9, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Dedicated trainees; Company helps Hmong workers overcome language,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">educational barriers </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tannette Johnson-Elie, April 9, 2002, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Bilingual Initiative 'Misleading'; Court Says Proponents Must Clarify</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Wording About Waiver Before It Can Go Before Voters </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Nancy Mitchel, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), April 9, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Bilingual-ed amendment needs clear title, says court </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Eric Hubler, The Denver Post, April 9, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Bilingual Charter School Hopes to Be a Model, in Any Language Education:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The students are expected to speak Spanish and English fluently by the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">fifth grade.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Andrea Perera, Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tongue-Tied: Linguists and Native Speakers Fight to Preserve Dying</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Languages </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Michael S. James, ABC News, April 8, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Threatening Language </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">EDITORIAL, The Boston Globe, April 8, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">'This rubbish lorry is teaching you English' </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">John Gittings, The Guardian (London), April 8, 2002 </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">State still failing court order on English learning programs </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Associated Press, April 8, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Spanish Will Add 10 Minutes To Ladue's School Day; School Board Adds</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Classes To First Grade And Kindergarten, Will Phase In Other Grades </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Arlene Franks, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 8, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">NUTP lauds move to introduce language classes in primary schools </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), April 8, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Judges' group says state 'woefully behind' </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Standards urged for court translators </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Joseph Barrios, Arizona Daily Star, April 8, 2002, </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English the key to knowledge </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">New Straits Times (Malaysia), April 8, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Court wants changes on bilingual education ballot question </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Jon Sarche, Associated Press & Denver Post, April 8, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tongue-tied tots in Korea get snip </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Orange County Commentary; El Sol's First-Year Flair; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Education: Santa Ana's science and arts academy is producing bilingual</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">elementary school pupils. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Jenny Doh And Cynthia Criollos, Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Language options in schools (HL) </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Chok Suat Ling, New Straits Times (Malaysia), April 7, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Hispanic demographics show shift toward English </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Gregory Rodriguez, The New York Times, 7 April 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">For Niños, Learning En Españ ol Is a Treat; FLES Wins Praise But Could</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Face Cuts </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post, April 07, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Children Say Olé to Learning in Spanish; Though Winning Praise, Loudoun</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Language Program Could Face Budget Cuts </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Washington Post, April 07, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">30,000 to be better trained to teach English </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">V. Anbalagan, New Straits Times (Malaysia), April 6, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Commentary; Voices / A Forum For Community Issues; Ours Is a Land of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Many Languages </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Domenico Maceri, Los Angeles Times, April 6, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">S. Bay charter school likely to close; Spanish-speaking students in area</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">won't lose out on education, says superintendent </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Chris Moran, The San Diego Union-Tribune, April 4, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Md. Says ESOL Students Should Take State Tests </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Brigid Schulte, The Washington Post, April 04, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">English program aims for families; Language: A Howard Community College</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">program helps immigrant parents and their kids learn together and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">prepare to start school. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Jason Song, The Baltimore Sun, April 4, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Austria mulls language plan. Offers ultimatum: Learn German or face</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">expulsion </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Associated Press, April 4, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Test forums divided by ethnicity; An Elk Grove principal plans separate</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">meetings for parents from different backgrounds </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Sandy Louey, Sacramento Bee, April 2, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Switch Eyed On Latin School Plan </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Megan Tench, The Boston Globe, April 3, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">More should learn Malay </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">OPINION, The Straits Times (Singapore), April 3, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Latino Job Seekers Find 'Born in USA' Not Enough; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Employment: Despite better education and language skills, younger</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">workers fall behind older immigrants. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Marla Dickerson, Los Angeles Times, April 3, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">An education on a foreign land; China: Books related to American</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">schooling are popular among the Chinese, who find the subject</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">fascinating.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Frank Langfitt, Baltimore Sun, April 2, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Firm's Malay-Muslim staff take Mandarin classes; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Aims is for employees of educational company to better serve Chinese</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">parents and students it wants to reach out to </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Wong Sher Maine, The Straits Times (Singapore), April 1, 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Dearth of qualified interpreters raises the courtroom </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">language barrier </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Kristina Horton-Flaherty, California Bar Journal, April 2002 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">OK Court Rules Petition To Make English State Language Is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Unconstitutional </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Ron Jenkins, Associated Press, April ??, 2002 </FONT>
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