The Language Feed - October 8, 2004

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The Language Feed
October 8, 2004

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Crystal clear: IT happens in Indian English
Delhi Newsline, October 7
He is a modern-day Professor Higgins but one with a difference. For this
professor of English Studies from the UK, a little ‘‘tampering with the
language does not damage it’’. He says, ‘‘it only adds to the garden of
linguistics’’.
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=102561

Learn the language: Kanailagi
Fiji Times, October 08
Former Methodist Church of Fiji president Reverend Tomasi Kanailagi
yesterday said all people born in Fiji must learn to speak the native
language.
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=9623

Giving the gift of language
Southeast Missourian, October 8
Abbey Aguirre was called to Cape Girardeau by God. The 70-year-old
Hispanic woman believes that with all her heart. "I feel like a
missionary here," she says.
http://www.semissourian.com/story.html$rec=147719

Saving a lost language
Newsday, October 7
Thirty years ago I attended a reading by Isaac Bashevis Singer. "Mr.
Singer," someone asked, "what do you think of the future of the Yiddish
language?" His answer? "Ask me first if it has a present."
http://www.newsday.com/features/booksmags/ny-bkyid1010,0,515143.story?coll=ny-bookreview-headlines

Iran gets tough on foreign-language advertising
Iranmania, October 07
Iranian traders were given a stern warning Wednesday to stop using only
foreign languages in advertising, company logos or shop signs, an
official in the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance was quoted by
AFP as saying.
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=25886&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs
<http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=25886&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs>

SPIL urged to promote language seriously
Daily News Botswana, October 6
The Society for the Promotion of Ikalanga Language (SPIL) has been asked
to take serious pride in the preservation and promotion of their own
language as it is the way in which they could be unidentified.
http://www.gov.bw/cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20041006&i=SPIL_urged_to_promote_language_seriously
<http://www.gov.bw/cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20041006&i=SPIL_urged_to_promote_language_seriously>

Translation Efforts a Growing Priority for Urban Schools
Education Week, October 6
The New York City school system is setting up, for the first time, a
centralized office to routinely translate school information into eight
different languages.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=06translate.h24

Schools to evaluate elementary foreign language program
Niles Herald Spectator, October 7
A study that will examine the educational value of Park Ridge/Niles
School District 64's Foreign Language in Elementary School (FLES)
program is expected to begin soon, following approval from the board of
education.
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/ni/10-07-04-395239.html

Language myths are explored at event
Belfast Telegraph, October 6
A unique event is to take place in Strabane in a bid to explore some of
the myths surrounding the Irish and Ulster-Scots languages. The 'See you
on the Flipside' event aims to give people a chance to learn more about
the largely unexplored sides of both languages.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northwest_weekly/story.jsp?story=569402

Future sounds increasingly bilingual
Contra Costa Times, October 7, 2004
(email: language at yahoo.com, password: language)
The future of California may be playing out in the kitchen of Patrick
David's Cafe. Along with roasting chicken and bell peppers, the Spanish
language is an ever-present ingredient at the upscale Danville restaurant.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/9857376.htm

Historic A2 case dealt with language, race
The Michigan Daily, October 04
Affirmative action isn’t Ann Arbor’s only educational issue to make it
into the court system — this year marks the 25th anniversary of the
“Black English” case, in which 11 black students sued the Ann Arbor
School district for discrimination on the basis of race.
http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/10/04/41612b0a99526

Framing of language controls what we know
Daily Trojan, October 5
The climate of rhetoric that surrounds the November presidential
elections is a heated one. Certainly, the current political campaign
offers a unique opportunity to observe the phenomenon of language and
its influence on politics and on voters.
http://www.dailytrojan.com/news/2004/10/05/Opinions/Framing.Of.Language.Controls.What.We.Know-741886.shtml

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