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<br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Edling digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. US State Dept.'s Growing Language Barrier (Francis Hult)<br>
2. English is tops at EU schools (Francis Hult)<br> 3. Australia: Bilingual education made 'a scapegoat' (Francis Hult)<br> 4. US: Inglewood police reach out to Latino residents through<br> Spanish-language academy (Francis Hult)<br>
5. 44% of Adult Bulgarians Don't Speak Any Foreign Language<br> (Francis Hult)<br> 6. US: New Jersey approves first publicly funded Hebrew-language<br> school (Francis Hult)<br> 7. Korea: 2 of 10 Diplomats Lack English Skills (Francis Hult)<br>
8. Digest Option (Francis Hult)<br> 9. Bilingual Research Journal Information (Francis Hult)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:40:00 -0500<br>
From: Francis Hult <<a href="mailto:francis.hult@utsa.edu">francis.hult@utsa.edu</a>><br>Subject: [Edling] US State Dept.'s Growing Language Barrier<br>To: <<a href="mailto:edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu">edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu</a>><br>
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<br>Atlantic Online<br><br><br><br>The State Dept.'s Growing Language Barrier<br><br><br><br>GAO recently released a report (<a href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09955.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09955.pdf</a>) on "persistent foreign language shortfalls" in the Foreign Service, the diplomatic arm of the State department. 31% of overseas officers stationed at language-designated positions fall short of the speaking and reading proficiency requirements for their jobs. This number rises to roughly 40% when focused on officers serving in locations of strategic significance, like East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.<br>
<br><br><br>Full story:<br><br><a href="http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/09/americas_language_barrier.php" target="_blank">http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/09/americas_language_barrier.php</a><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br>
<br>Message: 2<br>Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:41:49 -0500<br>From: Francis Hult <<a href="mailto:francis.hult@utsa.edu">francis.hult@utsa.edu</a>><br>Subject: [Edling] English is tops at EU schools<br>To: <<a href="mailto:edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu">edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu</a>><br>
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<br>UPI.com<br><br><br><br>Report: English is tops at EU schools<br><br><br><br>The Eurostat statistical agency says English is the top language studied at schools in the European Union.<br><br><br><br>The EUobserver said Friday that English is the top foreign language studied at upper secondary education schools in European Union outside of Luxembourg, where school curriculum offer an equal focus on English, French and German.<br>
<br><br><br>Full story:<br><br><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/09/25/Report-English-is-tops-at-EU-schools/UPI-21261253893063/" target="_blank">http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/09/25/Report-English-is-tops-at-EU-schools/UPI-21261253893063/</a><br>
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>ABC News<br><br><br><br>Bilingual education made 'a scapegoat'<br><br><br><br>Opponents of the Northern Territory Government's policy on bilingual education say it is gambling with Indigenous children's futures.<br>
<br><br><br>The Government is making schools teach the first four hours of classes in English, putting an end to 30 years of support for bilingual education.<br><br><br><br>Full story:<br><br><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/25/2696894.htm" target="_blank">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/25/2696894.htm</a><br>
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through Spanish-language academy<br>To: <<a href="mailto:edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu">edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:A9B2E1D7E2CAE34FB088BEFC63241A4B60C3CC@diamonddt.UTSARR.NET">A9B2E1D7E2CAE34FB088BEFC63241A4B60C3CC@diamonddt.UTSARR.NET</a>><br>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Los Angeles Times<br><br><br><br>Inglewood police reach out to Latino residents through Spanish-language academy<br><br><br><br>Every time Angel?ca Salvador walked past the Inglewood police station, she picked up the pace. The 35-year-old Mexican immigrant said she was afraid of the men and women in uniform and did her best to avoid them.<br>
<br><br><br>So when she heard the department would offer its first Spanish-language Community Police Academy this summer -- an 11-week course taught by Inglewood police to introduce residents to various aspects of law enforcement -- she enrolled with some trepidation.<br>
<br><br><br>Full story:<br><br><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/09/inglewood-police-reach-out-to-latinos-through-spanish-language-academy.html" target="_blank">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/09/inglewood-police-reach-out-to-latinos-through-spanish-language-academy.html</a><br>
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Language<br>To: <<a href="mailto:edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu">edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:A9B2E1D7E2CAE34FB088BEFC63241A4B60C3CD@diamonddt.UTSARR.NET">A9B2E1D7E2CAE34FB088BEFC63241A4B60C3CD@diamonddt.UTSARR.NET</a>><br>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Novinite.com<br><br><br><br>44% of Adult Bulgarians Don't Speak Any Foreign Language<br><br><br><br>44% of the adult Bulgarians do not speak any foreign languages whatsoever, according to an Eurostat survey.<br>
<br><br><br>Hungary is first in the ranking - 75% of the adults (aged between 25 and 64) there say they do not speak any foreign languages. It is followed by the UK (65%), Portugal (51%), Spain (47%), Bulgaria (44%), Greece (43%), and France (41%).<br>
<br><br><br>Full story:<br><br><a href="http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=108141" target="_blank">http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=108141</a><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 6<br>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:52:11 -0500<br>From: Francis Hult <<a href="mailto:francis.hult@utsa.edu">francis.hult@utsa.edu</a>><br>Subject: [Edling] US: New Jersey approves first publicly funded<br> Hebrew-language school<br>
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>NJ.com<br><br><br><br>New Jersey approves first publicly funded Hebrew-language school<br><br><br><br>The state has approved New Jersey's first publicly funded school with a mission of teaching Hebrew, according to a New Jersey Department of Education press release.<br>
<br><br><br>Hatikvah International Academy Charter School of East Brunswick won the green light Wednesday along with seven other charter school proposals. Nineteen applications this year were rejected.<br><br><br><br>Full story:<br>
<br><a href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/mt-preview-88d6e00d3419f4d6a3189c7f8124c578deaefd95.html" target="_blank">http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/mt-preview-88d6e00d3419f4d6a3189c7f8124c578deaefd95.html</a><br>
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>The Korea Times<br><br><br><br>2 of 10 Diplomats Lack English Skills<br><br><br><br>Two out of every 10 diplomats have been found to possess insufficient basic communication skills in English when dealing with foreigners, a lawmaker said Wednesday.<br>
<br>Citing a report on diplomat language proficiency submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Rep. Hong Jung-wook of the governing Grand National Party (GNP) said 11 or 19.6 percent of 56 senior diplomats received grade five or lower, almost equivalent to a failing grade.<br>
<br><br><br>Full story:<br><br><a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/09/116_52337.html" target="_blank">http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/09/116_52337.html</a><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br>
<br>Message: 8<br>Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:07:49 -0500<br>From: Francis Hult <<a href="mailto:francis.hult@utsa.edu">francis.hult@utsa.edu</a>><br>Subject: [Edling] Digest Option<br>To: <<a href="mailto:edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu">edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu</a>><br>
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<br>Dear Edling List Members,<br><br>This is just a reminder that there is a digest option for those of you who prefer not to receive messages one at a time.<br><br>If you are not interested in the digest option (or if you already receive the digest), please ignore the rest of this message.<br>
<br>To sign up for the digest option go to<br><br><a href="https://lists.sis.utsa.edu/mailman/listinfo/edling" target="_blank">https://lists.sis.utsa.edu/mailman/listinfo/edling</a><br><br>Scroll down to the bottom. There is a field where you can type your e-mail address and click the button that says "Unsubscribe or edit options." If you have your e-mail forwarded, you must type the address that you originally used to subscribe to the list.<br>
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<br>This will set your subscription to digest mode.<br><br><br>FMH<br><br>--<br>Francis M. Hult, Ph.D.<br>Assistant Professor<br>Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies<br>University of Texas at San Antonio<br><br>Web: <a href="http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/fhult/" target="_blank">http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/fhult/</a><br>
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br><br>BRJ Bilingual Research Journal<br><br>The Bilingual Research Journal (BRJ) covers a wide range of topics relating to bilingual education, bilingualism in society, and language policy in education. The BRJ editorial policy reflects the intrinsic and inherent value of bilingualism, biliteracy, and linguistic democracy.<br>
<br>Submissions are encouraged from scholars and practitioners in a wide range of areas: language assessment, policy analysis, instructional research, language politics, all forms of bilingual education, bilingualism and biliteracy, language planning, critical theory as applied to language issues, action research, sociolinguistics, second language teaching and learning, etc.<br>
<br><br><br>For more information contact:<br>Dr. Mar?a E. Fr?nquiz, co-editor BRJ<br><a href="mailto:franquiz@austin.utexas.edu">franquiz@austin.utexas.edu</a><br><br><br>Anissa Wicktor Lynch, editorial assistant<br><a href="mailto:awicktor@mail.utexas.edu">awicktor@mail.utexas.edu</a><br>
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