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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The press archives of the Language Policy Research Unit have
now been updated to March 2004.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The press archives provide full text of newspaper articles
from major (English) language newspapers around the world dealing with issues
related to language policy. Each month hundreds of articles are added. Below is
a list of the most recent additions for March 2004. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The archives can be accessed by via the home page of LPRU <a
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on “News Archives”</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thousands of articles have been archived since January of
2002. The archives can also be searched for specific languages, countries or
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font-family:Arial'>-</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wayne</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>p.s. We are interested in archiving articles from
non-English language newspapers that deal with issues of language. If you come
across any, please forward to <a href="mailto:Mengying.li@asu.edu">Mengying.Li@asu.edu</a>
with an English translation of the headline. Thank you!</span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Wayne</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> E. Wright</span></font> <br>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>New
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(view on
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<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3645.txt">Bilingual
Education Better than English-Only <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Domenico Maceri,
HispanicVista.com, Feb. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3646.txt">Black
Language Reborn in the Glow of the Rising Sun <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Amanda Hodge, The
Australian, Mar. 31, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3647.txt">Immersion
Students Lose Rights in Quebec <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Michael Parasiuk, Times
Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia), Mar. 31, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3648.txt">Live
Here, Learn English <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Michael Burtch, The
Arizona Republic, Mar. 31, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3649.txt">Orientation
Workshop for Revised English Compulsory Course 2004 for Degree Classes
Begins <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Pacnews, Mar. 31, 2004</span></i></a>
</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3650.txt">Widen
Choice of Second Languages <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>George Pasqual, The
Straits Times (Singapore), Mar. 31, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3651.txt">Better
Deal for Languages Program Needed <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Dunja Lukic, Guelph
Mercury (Ontario Canada), Mar. 30, 2004 </span></i></a></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3652.txt">Chinese
Ties That Bind; While I Spend Most of My Waking Hours Thinking, Writing
and Conversing in English, It Is Still the Chinese Language That I Bank on
to Make Deeper Connections <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tee Hun Ching, The
Straits Times (Singapore), Mar. 30, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3653.txt">Minister
Promotes Language Development through Technology <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>SAPA (South African Press
Association), Mar. 30, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3654.txt">MP Calls
for Mandarin to Be Taught <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>UK Newsquest Regional
Press - This Is Oxfordshire, Mar. 30, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3655.txt">Tongue-Tied
<font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop,
South China Morning Post, Mar. 30, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3656.txt">College
Hosts Maori Visitors <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>H. Annah Lines, Herald
Express (Torquay), Mar. 29, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3657.txt">Controversial
Reform Threatens Finland's Bilingualism: Politician <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Agence France Presse,
Mar. 29, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3658.txt">Funds
Could Leave No Bilingual Child Behind <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Fred Alvarez, Los Angeles
Times, Mar. 29, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3659.txt">Government
under Fire from EU over Lack of Support for Gaelic <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Aberdeen Press And
Journal, Mar. 29, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3660.txt">Japanese
English Teachers Score Low in English Abilities <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Deutsche Presse-Agentur,
Mar. 29, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3661.txt">Latvia Bringing
Its Language Problem into the European Union <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Timothy Jacobs, The
Associated Press, Mar. 29, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3662.txt">Montenegrin
Students Go on Hunger Strike over Language Name Change <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Radio Montenegro, BBC
Monitoring International Reports, Mar. 29, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3663.txt">Telugu's
Fine, But Let's Learn English Too <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>K Sreedhar Rao, The Times
Of India, Mar. 29, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3664.txt">The
Challenge of Tamil Computing <font color="#000099"><span style='color:
#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Hindu, Mar. 29, 2004</span></i></a>
</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3665.txt">The
World; Column One ; Who Needs English?; As South Korea's Economy Grows
Closer to China's, More People Are Studying Chinese. For Some, the Choice
Is A Rejection of the U.S. <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Barbara Demick, Los
Angeles Times, Mar. 29, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3666.txt">No Going Back
on Montenegro's Decision to Ban "Serbian" From Literature
Classes <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Passage Omitted, BBC
Monitoring Europe – Political, Mar. 28, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3667.txt">PACE
Monitors to Prepare Report on Situation in Latvian Society <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>TASS, Mar. 28, 2004 </span></i></a></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3668.txt">Times Two
in This Fifth-Grade Math Class in Roxbury, English Plus Spainish Equals An
Invaluable Education <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Janice O'leary, The
Boston Globe, Mar. 28, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3669.txt">A Word
about Two Language Degrees; Polytechnic University's New English and
Chinese Postgraduate Diplomas Are Designed for Primary and Secondary
School Teachers <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Dikky Sinn, South China
Morning Post, Mar. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3670.txt">Insight:
Uneasy Divide <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Leong Weng Kam, The
Straits Times (Singapore), Mar. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3671.txt">Insight:
Views from Chinese Press <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Rebecca Lee, The Straits
Times (Singapore), Mar. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3672.txt">Is the
Language of Hands the Voice of the Future? <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>John-Paul Flintoff,
Financial Times (London, England), Mar. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3673.txt">Lack of
Interpreter Led to Kids' Being Taken, Parents Say <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Marion Rhodes, Omaha
World-Herald, Mar. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3674.txt">Language
Skills on the Front Line at Towngas; Tailor-Made English Courses Focus on
Different Areas and Levels of Competence, According to the Needs of
Employees <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Lizzie Turner, South
China Morning Post, Mar. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3675.txt">Mailbag;
Early Integration of Non-Chinese Speakers Needs Careful Planning <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>South China Morning Post,
Mar. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3676.txt">Montenegrins
Clash over 'Serbian' Schooling <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Agence France Presse,
Mar. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3677.txt">Newspapers
in Spanish on The Rise in U.S. <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Laura Wides, Associated
Press, Mar. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3678.txt">Only A
Vocal Group of English-Educated Are Having Problems with the Chinese
Language; As the Debate on Chinese Language Simmers on, TAN TARN HOW Explores
What's Troubling Both the English- And Chinese-Educated and Finds Three
Key Myths Fuelling Their Polarised Sentiments <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Straits Times
(Singapore), Mar. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3679.txt">Strident
US Monolingualism Detracts from Nation's Leading Political Role <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tony Valdes, nancial
Times (London, England), Mar. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3680.txt">100 Vie
for Numero Uno in Spanish Spelling Bee <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Yvonne Wingett, The
Arizona Republic, Mar. 26, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3681.txt">Future of
Shetland Dialect Goes under the Spotlight <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Aberdeen Press and
Journal, Mar. 26, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3682.txt">Primacy
of Language <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Straits Times
(Singapore), Mar. 26, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3683.txt">We're on
Track to Save Gaelic, Maintains under Fire Peacock <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>David Henderson And Angus
Macdonald, The Times Educational Supplement, Mar. 26, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3684.txt">You're
Talking My Language <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Helen Ward, The Times
Educational Supplement, Mar. 26, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3685.txt">Elder's
Journey Helped Save A Language <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Renee Kiriona, The New
Zealand Herald, Mar. 25, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3686.txt">Gaelic TV
Gets the Blessing of Europe <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>John Ross, The Scotsman,
Mar. 25, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3687.txt">Much to
Be Said for Bilingualism <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Clare Eng Sher Ling
(Miss), The Straits Times (Singapore), Mar. 25, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3688.txt">Newcomers
Feel Added MCAS Stress <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>C. Kalimah Redd, The
Boston Globe, Mar. 25, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3689.txt">No Valid
Reasons to Cut French Program <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Christopher Bailey, St.
John's Telegram (Newfoundland), Mar. 25, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3690.txt">'Silent
Majority' Applauds Mother-Tongue Policy Reform <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jeremy Wong Cheong Keen,
The Straits Times (Singapore), Mar. 25, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3691.txt">UK Told
to Spread Use of Gaelic and Scots Language <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>David Ross Highland
Correspondent, The Herald (Glasgow), Mar. 25, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3692.txt">19,000
Foreign Kids at Schools Need Japanese Language Education <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Japan Economic Newswire,
Mar. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3693.txt">Chinese Lessons
on Broadband Service <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Nation, The Nation
(Thailand), Mar. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3694.txt">French
Immersion Results Show How Much More Can Be Done <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Vancouver Sun
(British Columbia), Mar. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3695.txt">Guangdong
to Popularize Dialect in Bid for Asian Games <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Business Daily Update,
Mar. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3696.txt">Jcs Launch
Cultural Studies in Mother Tongue; At Least Five of 16 Junior Colleges
Start Courses to Expose Their Students to Chinese Heritage And Culture <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Lynn Lee Yvonne Koh, The
Straits Times (Singapore), Mar. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3697.txt">Learning
Chinese A New Trend at S Korean Electronics Companies <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Asia Pulse, Mar. 24, 2004</span></i></a>
</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3698.txt">Make the
Connection at the Bilingual Job & Training Fair <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jack Kazmierski, The
Toronto Sun, Mar. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3699.txt">New
Research Centre to Save 'Lost Languages' <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Polly Curtis, Education
Guardian, Mar. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3700.txt">Saving
Dialect Aids in Games Bid <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>China Daily, Mar. 24,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3701.txt">School
Forced to Dig Deep <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Quirke Michelle, The
Dominion Post (Wellington, New Zealand), Mar. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3702.txt">Euro-Attack
on Support for Gaelic <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Angus Macdonald, Aberdeen
Press and Journal, Mar. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3703.txt">Literacy
Skills Higher in French Immersion Students; Holds True When Economic
Status, Parents' Education Considered <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Hamilton Spectator
(Ontario, Canada),Mar. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3704.txt">Moldova Dniester
MPs Back Equal Education in Three Official Languages <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>BBC Monitoring
International Reports, Mar. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3705.txt">More
Japanese Colleges Offering Coursework in Foreign Languages <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Japan Economic Newswire,
Mar. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3706.txt">NNP
Supports Stellenbosch Language Policy <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Sapa (South African Press
Association), Mar. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3707.txt">PM's
Mother- Tongue Stand Welcomed But...; Despite His Reassurances That
Bilingual Policy Is Here to Stay, Chinese-Language Advocates Worry about
Falling Standards <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Rebecca Lee Soh Wen Lin,
The Straits Times (Singapore), Mar. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3708.txt">Powder
Keg Language Cases Reach Top Court: Education Rights. Is French-Immersion
French or English Schooling? <font color="#000099"><span style='color:
#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Elizabeth Thompson, The
Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), Mar. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3709.txt">Quebec
Parents Fight School Language Laws: Supreme Court Urged to Remove
Restrictions on English Education <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Elizabeth Thompson,
Ottawa Citizen, Mar. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3710.txt">Reading
Skills Higher in French Immersion <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Donna Casey, The Ottawa
Sun, Mar. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3711.txt">Reviewing
S4C's Future the Welsh Language Broadcaster Has Some Major Decisions to
Make. So Much So That It Has Asked the DCMS to Help It Do So <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ellen Closs Stephens,
Financial Times (London, England), Mar. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3712.txt">Sure
Signs - Watching A Language Grow Online <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Eric Wilson, The Age
(Melbourne), Mar. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3713.txt">Bilingual
Policy in Schools Hasn't Changed, Says PM Goh <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tan Tarn How, The Straits
Times (Singapore), Mar. 22, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3714.txt">Free
Czech Language Classes for EU Citizens' Children <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Czech News Agency, Mar.
22, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3715.txt">Group
Sues on Canada Language Law <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>United Press
International, Mar. 22, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3716.txt">Immigrant
Advocates File Lawsuit to Change MCAS Test <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Associated Press, Mar.
22, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3717.txt">Mother
Tongue Helps S'pore Retain Asian Core; Bilingualism Will Remain the
Cornerstone of Education Policy, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong Pledged in A
Speech Yesterday to Mark the Chinese High School's 85th Anniversary and Hwa
Chong Junior College's 30th Anniversary. Here Is an Edited Transcript <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Straits Times
(Singapore), Mar. 22, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3718.txt">Parties'
TV Ads Targeting Hispanics; Spanish-Language Spots Reaching out <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Elvia Díaz, The Arizona
Republic, Mar. 22, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3719.txt">Students
Raise Test Scores <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Erin Kennedy, The Fresno
Bee, Mar. 22, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3720.txt">Word
Play: Translators Help Foreigners in NBA <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Maggie Galehouse, The
Arizona Republic, Mar. 22, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3721.txt">English
Immersion Hits Home; Spanish Speakers Fear Erosion of Culture <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Monica Rhor, The Boston
Globe, Mar. 21, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3722.txt">Minister
on Mother Tongue Changes; The Recent News That Mother Tongue Grades Need
Not Be Counted for University Admission Has Led to Charges That the
Government Has Given In to A Small But Vocal Minority at the Expense of
the Chinese Ground. Yesterday, Acting Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Addressed the Issue When Speaking to Reporters at A Scholarship Ceremony <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Straits Times
(Singapore), Mar. 21, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3723.txt">Tribe
Fears Loss of Culture Through Mandated School Standardization <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Michael Jamison, The Missoulian,
Mar. 21, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3724.txt">The ABCs
of Taking English to the Chinese: Beijing Alone Plans to Produce 400,000
English Speakers, Say Justine Lau Andrichard Mcgregor <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Justine Lau And Richard Mcgregor,
Financial Times (London, England), Mar. 20, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3725.txt">Bilingual
Health Fair Saturday <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Yvonne Wingett, The
Arizona Republic, Mar. 19, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3726.txt">English
Learners Fare Better in Test across State Students Score Higher, Results
Show <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Nanette Asimov, San
Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 19, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3727.txt">Mother
Tongue Rule Change 'Not to Score Political Points' <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Straits Times
(Singapore), Mar. 19, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3728.txt">Reading
Chinese the Easy Way <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jean Nicol,South China
Morning Post, Mar. 19, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3729.txt">Greek and
Latin Set to Die out in Schools <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Seonag Mackinnon, The
Scotsman, Mar. 18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3730.txt">Ignoring
Mother Tongue Sends 'Wrong Signal'; Mps Chastise Ministry for Giving in to
A Vocal Minority and Weakening Singapore's Global Competitiveness <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Rebecca Lee, The Straits
Times (Singapore), Mar. 18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3731.txt">Iraq:
Head of Kirkuk Education Said to Oppose Teaching in Kurdish <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>BBC Monitoring
International Reports, Mar. 18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3732.txt">Latvia's
Integration Minister Speaks up for Education Reform at UN Committee <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baltic News Service, Mar.
18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3733.txt">LAUSD
English Learners Gaining Fluency Scores Show Progress <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jennifer Radcliffe, Los
Angeles Daily News, Mar. 18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3734.txt">Minister
Assures Mps: Chinese Will Not Wither; The Bilingual Policy Will Remain and
Recent Changes Are Aimed at Sustaining Interest in the Language, House Is
Told <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tee Hun Ching, The
Straits Times (Singapore), Mar. 18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3735.txt">More
Students Catching on to English <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Erin Walsh, North County
Times, Mar. 18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3736.txt">Paris
Backs Plan to Uphold Status of French Language in the EU East European
Entrants <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jo Johnson And George
Parker, Financial Times (London, England), Mar. 18, 2004 </span></i></a></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3737.txt">Russians
Give Lemons to Latvian Mps to Protest against Education Reform <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>BBC Monitoring
International Reports, Mar. 18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3738.txt">Vietnamese
Speaking Club for Foreigners <font color="#000099"><span style='color:
#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Saigon Times Daily,
Mar. 18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3739.txt">Association
for Canadian Studies - Press Conference on Ethnic Communities,
Bilingualism And Employment in Montreal - Is English-French Bilingualism
"Un Must"? <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Canada Newswire, Mar. 17,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3740.txt">Diplomat
Urges UN Forum to Examine Situation of Russians in Latvia, Estonia <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>BBC Monitoring
International Reports, Mar. 17, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3741.txt">Latvian Parlt
Speaker Asks Cepa Secretary General to Explain Sending Reps to Latvia <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baltic News Service, Mar.
17, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3742.txt">Schools
Warned over Defying English Ban <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>South China Morning Post,
Mar. 17, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3743.txt">Chinese
School Opening in Budapest <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Hungarian News Agency (Mti),
Mar. 16, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3744.txt">Chinese
Teachers Told Not to Let Morale Be Hurt by Changes to Education Policies <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Channel Newsasia, Mar.
16, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3745.txt">English-Only
Teaching Not Allowed for Children <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Business Daily Update,
Mar. 16, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3746.txt">Grace-Ful
Solution; LPGA Turns to Park to Ease Tensions between Players <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>John Davis, The Arizona
Republic, Mar. 16, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3747.txt">Maori-Only
Education Bonus Slated <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Claridge Anna, The
Christchurch Press, Mar. 16, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3748.txt">One in
Four International Companies in the East of England Are Losing Business
Because of Cultural or Language Problems, According to New Research <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>COX, Eastern Daily Press,
Mar. 16, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3749.txt">Scholarships
for Second-Language Teachers Launched <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Paula Ogonoski, Fort Mcmurray
Today (Alberta, Canada), Mar. 16, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3750.txt">Teach
Both Languages <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Julie Rattey Meloche,
Ottawa Citizen, Mar. 16, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3751.txt">Army
Seeks Language Skill <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Gloucester Citizen,
Mar. 15, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3752.txt">Churches
Take up ESL Cause <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Joe Woodard, Calgary
Herald (Alberta, Canada), Mar. 15, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3753.txt">Estonian
Minister Says Not Enough Teachers for 2007 Language Changeover <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Estonian Radio, BBC
Monitoring International Reports, Mar. 15, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3754.txt">In
Teaching, Less Is More <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Stephen Krashen, Taipei
Times, Mar. 15, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3755.txt">Listening
to the Sound of Who We Are; The Irish Language Seems to Be Dying off As
Quickly As A Species of Insect, So Why Should We Save It? Kate Fennell
Argues That It's As Precious As Any Endangered Ecosystem <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Irish Times, Mar. 15,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3756.txt">Executive
Spells End for Latin and Greek Lessons <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tomcdonald, Sunday Times
(London), Mar. 14, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3757.txt">New Salvo
in Assimilation Debate <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Martin Finucane?Associated
Press?Mar. 14, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3758.txt">Back to
Cultural Basics: Students Go to School on Saturdays to Learn Their
Heritage Language <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Michelle Macafee, B St.
John's Telegram (Newfoundland), Mar. 13, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3759.txt">Heritage
First for Kids on Saturdays <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Guelph Mercury (Ontario,
Canada), Canadian Press, Mar. 13, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3760.txt">Language
Study Lays Solid Groundwork <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Lizzie Turner and Dikky
Sinn, South China Morning Post, Mar. 13, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3761.txt">Bilingual
Fair Will Offer Tips on Health, Services <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Connie Cone Sexton, The
Arizona Republic, Mar. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3762.txt">Class
Action: Anger against Pyongyang and Dwindling Enrollment <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Asahi News Service, Mar.
12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3763.txt">First
Kurdish Language School to Open in Batman <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Turkish Daily News, Mar.
12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3764.txt">Force
Teens into Languages <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Helen Ward, The Times
Educational Supplement, Mar. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3765.txt">Influx of
Hispanic Students Taxes Schools <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Bill Draper, The
Associated Press, Mar. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3766.txt">Livnat
Supports Teaching Arabic <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>David Rudge, The
Jerusalem Post, Mar. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3767.txt">Taiwanese
Govt Helps Islamic Boarding School Learn Mandarin <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Antara - The Indonesian
National News Agency, Mar. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3768.txt">Taiwan Identity
Clash Puts Children at Centre of Language Wrangle <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Stephanie Low, Agence
France Presse, Mar. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3769.txt">UK
Government: A Chance to Climb the Language Ladder <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>M2 PRESSWIRE, Mar. 12,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3770.txt">Vote on
the Language <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Gerald Crocker, The
Western Mail, Mar. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3771.txt">Weston's
High- Flying Hispanic Students Buck National Trend <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Sandra Hernandez, South
Florida Sun-Sentinel, Mar. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3772.txt">26
Foreign Languages for Primary Children <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>TIM MILES, The Evening
Standard (London), Mar. 11, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3773.txt">Foreign
Language Classes for 7-Year-Olds; Children Learn German at Knotty Ash
Primary School in Liverpool Mercury <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Richard Garner, The
Independent (London), Mar. 11, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3774.txt">Speak
Irish Instead of Making It an EU Language, Says Official <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Denis Staunton, The Irish
Times, Mar. 11, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3775.txt">Speaking
in 'Approved' Tongues: Should The Government Be Allowed More Oversight of
Foreign Language Study? <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Kimberly Chase, The
Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 11, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3776.txt">Students
Protest over Fees and Language Provision <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Western Mail, Mar. 11,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3777.txt">Akayev-sponsored
Bill Would Abolish Official Bilingualism in Kyrgyzstan <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Viktoria Panfilova, Nezavisimaya
Gazeta, Russian Outlawed, Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press, Mar.
10, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3778.txt">Bilingualism
Is Valid Job Prerequisite <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ruedi Mueller, Ottawa
Citizen, Mar. 10, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3779.txt">English-Only
to Be Enforced Next Year <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Associated Press, The
Arizona Republic, Mar. 10, 2003</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3780.txt">Lam's
Legacy <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Diane Ravitch, New York
Post, Mar. 10, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3781.txt">Learn
French for Free, New EU Diplomats Told: Chateau in Provence <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Kim Willsher, National
Post (Canada), Mar. 10, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3782.txt">Two
Russian Ngos in Latvia Disagree with Ideas of Russian School Advocates <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baltic News Service, Mar.
10, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3783.txt">Anglophones
Should Pay to Learn French <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Marie-M. Leduc, Ottawa
Citizen, Mar. 9, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3784.txt">Hey,
Professor, Assimilate This <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Peter Carlson, Washington
Post, Mar. 9, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3785.txt">Language
Ruling Runs Counter to Quebec's Goals <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Shaun Peppy, Ottawa
Citizen, Mar. 9, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3786.txt">Retake
Mother Tongue? No, D7 Is Good Enough; A-Level Students Glad to Focus on
Other Subjects, Now That Mother Tongue Not Counted for Varsity Entry <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jane Ng Yvonne Koh Lynn
Lee, The Straits Times (Singapore), Mar. 9, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3787.txt">Sign of
Desperation in Bid to Get Gaelic on Road to Recovery <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Kate Foster, Daily Mail
(London), Mar. 9, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3788.txt">Scope: EU
Enlargement Promoting Study of Newcomers' Languages <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Japan Economic Newswire,
Mar. 9, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3789.txt">Russian-Speakers'
Position in Latvia, Estonia to Be Discussed <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Natalya Simorova &
Alexandra Urusova, TASS, Mar. 9, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3790.txt">Elvish
Gets Some Respect; Fascination with Lord of the Rings Throws Fantasy
Languages into Spotlight <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cary Darling, The Record
(Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario), New York Times News Service, Mar. 8, 2004</span></i></a>
</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3791.txt">English
Demand Welsh-Medium School Places <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Western Mail, Mar. 8,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3792.txt">Learn Putonghua
Skills at Home with the Click of A Mouse <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Andy Cheng, South China
Morning Post, Mar. 8, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3793.txt">Troubling
Sign for A Minority: The Deeply Ironic Story of Michael Parasiuk and His
Son, Cohen, Shows That the Fight for Equality Language Rights in Canada Is
Far from Being Won <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ottawa Citizen, Mar. 8,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3794.txt">Use of
English to Stop, Says Hadi <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>New Straits Times
(Malaysia), Mar. 7, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3795.txt">Rogozin
Addresses Russian-Speaking Congress in Latvia <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Nil Ushakov, TASS, Mar.
6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3796.txt">Russian
Pupils Gather in Latvia in School Reform Protest Congress - Russian TV <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>BBC Monitoring
International Reports, Mar. 6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3797.txt">Voices
Lost in Translation <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Olivia Ward, The Toronto
Star, Mar. 6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3798.txt">Adios to
Money for Interpreters <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Edward Fitpatrick,
Providence Journal, March 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3799.txt">Briefs:
Irish Language Classes <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Belfast Telegraph, Mar.
5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3800.txt">Language
Demand <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Daily Post (Liverpool),
Mar. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3801.txt">Mother
Language Day Workshop for 50 Children <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>New Straits Times
(Malaysia), Mar. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3802.txt">Pupils
Set to Ring in New Language <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Alex Thompson, Press
Association, Mar. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3803.txt">America
Must Open Its Eyes to China: Murdoch; The Media Mogul Is Appalled at How
Few US Schools Teach Chinese Language and Culture <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Florence Ng Reports from
New York, South China Morning Post, Mar. 4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3804.txt">Latvian
Government Refuses to Listen to School Reform Opponents - Leftist MP <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>BBC Monitoring
International Reports, Mar. 4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3805.txt">Latvian
President Outlines Position on Citizenship, Language, School Reform <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>BBC Monitoring
International Reports, Mar. 4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3806.txt">Office of
the Commissioner of Official Languages, Moving Forward: Strategies to
Double Bilingualism among Youth <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Canadian Corporate
Newswire, Mar. 4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3807.txt">Russian
Language Dominates CIS Humanitarian Sphere - Minister <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Vadim Neshkimai, TASS,
Mar. 4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3808.txt">Time for
Some Language Lessons <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Irish Independent, Mar.
4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3809.txt">Doubling
the Numbers for Bilingualism: Symposium Underway in Toronto <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Canadian Corporate
Newswire, Mar. 3, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3810.txt">Latvian Saeima
Bites Its Tongue. -- 60% of Subjects in Russian Schools Will Be Taught in
Latvian <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ivan Pavlov, Current
Digest of the Post-Soviet Press, Mar. 3, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3811.txt">Money
Poured into Boosting Chinese Language Skills among Uighur Muslims <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Agence France Presse,
Mar. 3, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3812.txt">Parents
Fight Quebec's Denial of English Education for Son: Father Took French
Immersion in Winnipeg; Mother Was Educated In Australia <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Dave Rogers, Ottawa
Citizen, Mar. 3, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3813.txt">Two
Languages Are Better than One <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Monica Porter, The Guardian
U.K., Mar. 3, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3814.txt">Why the
Hurry to Ditch SAT? <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ang Pong Ngim (Mdm), The
Straits Times (Singapore), Mar. 3, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3815.txt">Council
of Europe Commission Could Consider Latvia's Education Reform Issue <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baltic News Service, Mar.
2, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3816a.txt">Exotic
Language Studies Take off As Students Wager on War <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Columbia News Service,
Mar. 2, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3816.txt">Many
Tongues <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Daniel Clarke, The
Advertiser, Mar. 2, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3817.txt">Ruling
Lets Bilingual Classrooms Participate in Program <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Erinn Hutkin, Ventura
County Star, March 2, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3818.txt">Thailand
Embraces Its Own Cultural Revolution As All Things Chinese Start to Come
into Vogue: As Beijing Grows in Influence, Thailand's Ethnic Chinese Are
Celebrating Their Heritage Instead of Being Forced <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Amy Kazmin, Financial
Times (London, England), Mar. 2, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3819.txt">Algeria:
Berber Language Compulsory Next School Year <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>BBC Monitoring
International Reports, Mar. 1, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3820.txt">Bonjour
New to Language Lessons <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Evening Gazette, Mar. 1,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3821.txt">Listen to
Reason <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Western Mail, Mar. 1,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3822.txt">Spreading
the Word on French <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>John Ralston Saul, The
Toronto Star, Mar. 1, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
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