The Language Feed - March 13, 2005

Mon Mar 14 21:06:05 UTC 2005

My impression is that the strategies followed for
Hawaiian and Irish have been quite different, with the
former focusing more on re-establishing an L1 presence
for the language, and Irish focused mainly on L2
acquisition in schools. But there's a lot of info on
the web about the Hawaiian experience if you're
interested.
Aurolyn

--- Anonby <stan-sandy_anonby at sil.org> wrote:

> I've been following with interest the Hawaiian
> revival. I'm wondering
> if there are children growing up with Hawaiian as
> their first language. If
> not, we might have a situation like Irish, where
> large numbers of people
> learn it as a second language. However, Irish isn't
> hailed as a success
> story.
>
> Stan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harold F. Schiffman"
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> > The Language Feed
> > March 13, 2005
> >
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>
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> >
> > Bonuses for language schools
> > Times Online, March 11
> > The Government will offer cash bonuses to
> secondary schools today in an
> > attempt to arrest a sharp decline in the study of
> foreign languages.
> >
>
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,591-1519569,00.html
> >
> >
> > Lawmakers try again to make English the official
> language
> > Arizona Daily Sun, March 11
> > Nearly seven years after a voter-approved law
> making English the state's
> > official language was overturned, Arizona
> lawmakers are considering
> > whether to put the question on the ballot again.
> >
>
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=104891
> >
> >
> > BCC says extra language investment for schools is
> not enough
> > Personnel Today, March 11
> > The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned
> that greater
> > investment on language learning in schools will
> not stop young people
> > leaving school without the necessary language
> skills for business.
> >
>
http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2005/03/11/28623/BCC+says+extra+language+investment+for+schools+is+not.htm
> >
> >
> > Ambushed: Volunteers test OSU’s foreign language
> skills
> > Daily O'Collegian, March 11
> > Language Ambush workers asked 250 students and
> faculty to answer a
> > question in a foreign language. More than 250
> Oklahoma State University
> > students and faculty members were ambushed by a
> foreign language
> > Thursday afternoon.
> >
>
http://www.ocolly.com/new_ocollycom/show_story.php?a_id=25783
> >
> > County's diversity shown in language
> > SGV Tribune, March 10
> > Looking for a conversation in Efik? How about Wu?
> Want to chat over
> > coffee in the language of Ladino or Frisian?
> >
>
http://www.sgvtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,205~12220~2756558,00.html
> >
> >
> > Md. teen protests foreign language Pledge
> > Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 10
> > A ninth-grader is protesting his school's decision
> to broadcast the
> > Pledge of Allegiance in foreign languages as part
> of National Foreign
> > Language Week.
> >
>
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Pledge%20Foreign%20Language
> >
> >
> > Language skills legacy
> > Malaysia Star, March 10
> > My mother-in-law, who speaks Mandarin and
> Cantonese, used to comment
> > that it was difficult communicating with my son,
> Ian, when he was in
> > kindergarten. Ian only spoke English when he was a
> toddler. “It’s like a
> > duck speaking to a chicken,” my mother-in-law
> would say. I see the same
> > thing happening with my six-year-old daughter,
> Erin.
> >
>
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/3/10/features/10234616&sec=features
> >
> >
> > U of A prof creates language for videogame
> > The Gateway, March 10
> > A U of A linguist and computer game company
> BioWare have joined forces
> > to create a realistic, mythical language for the
> soon-to-be-released
> > computer game Jade Empire.
> > http://www.gateway.ualberta.ca/view.php?aid=4154
> >
> >
> > Sioux Falls area ranks high in language diversity
> > Aberdeen News, March 10
> > Although the vast majority of residents here
> primarily speak English,
> > the greater Sioux Falls area ranks among the top
> 10 percent in the
> > country for language diversity.
> >
>
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/11100633.htm
> >
> > Beijing police hone their language skills
> > People's Daily Online, March 10
> > Education should have been the last thing on the
> mind of Xu Jie, now a
> > 39-year-old Beijing police officer - but he ended
> up with a schoolbag
> > and became a full-time student at a foreign
> university.
> >
>
http://english.people.com.cn/200503/10/eng20050310_176236.html
> >
> >
> > District immersed in Chinese language
> > News & Observer, March 9
> > In Chapel Hill's Glenwood Elementary School,
> special "dual language"
> > classes are cleanly divided in half between
> U.S.-born youngsters and
> > native Chinese students.
> >
>
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2192263p-8573372c.html
> >
> > Program helps language skills
> > Minnesota Daily, March 9
> > Some retired professors at the University are
> putting their teaching
> > skills to work again by helping international
> teaching and research
> > assistants with their English skills through the
> Partners in English
> > program. The goal is to help the assistants with
> conversational English
> > they encounter in their classrooms. The program
> will result in a more
> > efficient class for both the student and teaching
> or research assistant.
> > http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2005/03/09/63622
> >
> >
> > Take my word for it
> > The Guardian, March 13
> > Nicholas Ostler's fascinating history, Empires of
> the Word, examines why
> > some languages survive while others die out, and
> why English reigns
> > supreme.
> >
>
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/history/0,6121,1436277,00.html
> >
> > It's never too late to learn a new language
> > Press and Sun-Bulletin, March 13
> > ¿Hablas Español? Parlez-vous Francais? Sprechen
> Deutsch? Parli l'italiano?
> > If not, would you like to? Is it ever too late to
> pick up another
> > language?
> >
>
http://www.pressconnects.com/today/lifestyle/stories/li031305s153788.shtml
> >
> >
> > Hawaiian language enjoying revival in its homeland
> > North County Times, March 12
> > "E heluhelu kakou," Nako'olani Warrington tells
> her third graders --
> > let's read together. But there's no need to
> translate at Ke Kula Kaipuni
> > o Anuenue, a public immersion school where all
> instruction for the 350
> > students is in the Hawaiian language.
> >
>
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/03/13/special_reports/books/15_35_323_12_05.txt
> >
> >
> > Scots Gaelic is in peril. It is our duty to save
> it
> > Sunday Herald Online, March 13
> > Muriel Gray argues that multicultural Scotland
> should give priority to
> > protecting our most endangered species, the native
> Gaels, before we
> > start worrying about those who speak Punjabi, Urdu
> or Arabic.
> > http://www.sundayherald.com/48303
> >
> >
> > Alphabet soup
> > St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 13
> > I am the world's worst speller. I have been all my
> life. My homework —
> > from Miss Pedrow's third-grade language arts class
> to Dr. Gurevitch's
> > doctoral seminar in persuasion and attitude change
> — all came back with
> > the measles, solid red marks from top to bottom.
> "Good writing,
> > atrocious spelling" was the verdict of just about
> every essay contest I
> > ever entered (even those I won).
> >
>
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/11102923.htm
> >
> >
> >
>
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