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1. US: The Necessity of Language Education (Francis Hult)<br>
2. US: Cutting Back on Kazakh (Francis Hult)<br>
3. Top 3 Useful Foreign Languages for Business Excludes Spanish<br>
(Francis Hult)<br>
4. Nigeria: When the Mother Tongue Fails (Francis Hult)<br>
5. Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift (Francis Hult)<br>
6. China: More high school students take second foreign language<br>
(Francis Hult)<br>
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:32:54 -0500<br>
From: Francis Hult <<a href="mailto:francis.hult@utsa.edu">francis.hult@utsa.edu</a>><br>
Subject: [Edling] US: The Necessity of Language Education<br>
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Registan.net<br>
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The Necessity of Language Education<br>
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National Resource Centers, so designated by the Education Department to teach foreign languages and culture at universities around the country, lost 47 percent of their budget for fiscal year 2011 in the last-minute deal to avert a government shutdown in April - a surprise to observers who had not thought the program was especially vulnerable.<br>
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:35:13 -0500<br>
From: Francis Hult <<a href="mailto:francis.hult@utsa.edu">francis.hult@utsa.edu</a>><br>
Subject: [Edling] US: Cutting Back on Kazakh<br>
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Inside Higher Ed<br>
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Cutting Back on Kazakh<br>
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In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, a university that wanted to offer courses in Pashto or Farsi seemed to have a smooth road ahead. The Education Department increased spending on foreign language programs, especially those teaching rare languages, and student interest was on the rise.<br>
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But a decade later, programs in those languages, as well as many others that are infrequently taught but considered strategically important, face elimination on campuses after deep federal budget cuts.<br>
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:37:48 -0500<br>
From: Francis Hult <<a href="mailto:francis.hult@utsa.edu">francis.hult@utsa.edu</a>><br>
Subject: [Edling] Top 3 Useful Foreign Languages for Business Excludes<br>
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ABC News<br>
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Top 3 Useful Foreign Languages for Business Excludes Spanish<br>
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What are the top three most useful languages for business after English? Surprisingly, Spanish didn't make the cut despite being the official language of 20 countries and spoken by over 329 million people, according to Bloomberg Rankings.<br>
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:40:26 -0500<br>
From: Francis Hult <<a href="mailto:francis.hult@utsa.edu">francis.hult@utsa.edu</a>><br>
Subject: [Edling] Nigeria: When the Mother Tongue Fails<br>
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AllAfrica.com<br>
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Nigeria: When the Mother Tongue Fails<br>
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A decades-old education policy that requires children to be taught in local language in the first three years of primary school is failing to gain traction. The policy loosely defines local language, or a vernacular, to be the language of instruction in immediate environment of a child. It also allows for English language to be taught as a subject, before being used as the medium for instruction in later schooling. Educationists are worried that the policy is not taking hold across the country, a blame they lay on the government, educators and parents alike.<br>
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:43:39 -0500<br>
From: Francis Hult <<a href="mailto:francis.hult@utsa.edu">francis.hult@utsa.edu</a>><br>
Subject: [Edling] Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift<br>
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The Wall Street Journal<br>
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Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift<br>
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As kids return to school in Val M?stair, high in the eastern tip of the Swiss Alps, they are also entering the front lines of a bitter battle: the fight over the future of a centuries-old Latin dialect.<br>
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:45:29 -0500<br>
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Subject: [Edling] China: More high school students take second foreign<br>
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China Post<br>
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The number of high school students taking second foreign language courses in Taiwan has increased 2.7 times in the past decade while those taking certifying tests for foreign language proficiency soared by seven times.<br>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>
University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br>
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