[lg policy] Edling Digest, Vol 33, Issue 17
Harold Schiffman
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Tue Jun 29 01:40:02 UTC 2010
Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu
Today's Topics:
1. Sanskrit thriving in UK schools (Francis Hult)
2. Alaska: Unlikely passion may save Eyak language (Francis Hult)
3. Vietnam: Media's function in preserving Vietnamese language
debated (Francis Hult)
4. More Korean language proficiency test to be launched in 2
Myanmar cities (Francis Hult)
5. Nicaraguan Sign Language (Francis Hult)
6. US: Computer programs replace foreign language teachers in
N.J. classrooms after budget cuts (Francis Hult)
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:09:00 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Sanskrit thriving in UK schools
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NDTV
Sanskrit thriving in UK schools
Sanskrit may be resource starved and may find fewer pupils in India,
but there are schools and universities in the UK where the language is
thriving.
At the St James Junior School in London, the number of students
wanting to learn the language has grown by leaps and bounds.
Full story:
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/sanskrit-thriving-in-uk-schools-34267
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:11:59 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Alaska: Unlikely passion may save Eyak language
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Anchorage Daily News
Unlikely passion may save Eyak language
When the last Alaska Native who could speak the Eyak language fluently
died in 2008, Fairbanks linguist Michael Krauss became the only person
who could still hold a conversation in it.
He just didn't have anyone to talk to. Until now.
Full story:
http://www.adn.com/2010/06/27/1343777/unlikely-passion-may-save-eyak.html
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:14:55 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Vietnam: Media's function in preserving Vietnamese
language debated
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Viet Nam News
Media's function in preserving VN language debated
The mass media should play a better role in preserving and developing
the purity of the Vietnamese language, according to local linguistic
experts.
The media has a huge influence on the language, but some newspaper
reporters have started using English words when they should use
Vietnamese, said Professor and Dr Tran Ngoc Them, head of HCM City
Social Sciences and Humanities University's Faculty of Culture.
Full story:
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Social-Isssues/200984/Medias-function-in-preserving-VN-language-debated.html
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:17:06 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] More Korean language proficiency test to be launched
in 2 Myanmar cities
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English.news.cn
More Korean language proficiency test to be launched in 2 Myanmar cities
A Korean language proficiency test for Myanmar citizens studying the
language will be launched in two Myanmar cities -- Yangon and Mandalay
in late September, according to education circle here on Sunday.
Sponsored by the South Korean Embassy here, the Test of Proficiency in
Korean (TOPIK) will take place on Sept. 12 at the Myanmar Info Tech in
Yangon and Swan Hotel in Mandalay simultaneously.
Full story:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/culture/2010-06/27/c_13371571.htm
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:19:35 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Nicaraguan Sign Language
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Organon
Weekend Wordery: Nicaraguan Sign Language
Until the early 1980s, deaf children in Nicaragua were mostly kept at
home and did not attend school. They did not learn any kind of
systematic sign language. But after the Sandinistas came to power in
1979, determined efforts were made to improve the country's education
system, which had until then been one of the poorest in Latin America.
Full story:
http://organon.jimhufford.com/2010/06/weekend-wordery-nicaraguan-sign-language/
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:21:22 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] US: Computer programs replace foreign language
teachers in N.J. classrooms after budget cuts
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NJ.com
Computer programs replace foreign language teachers in N.J. classrooms
after budget cuts
"Having a (world language) teacher in the classroom is always the
best. But in these times, we need to look to other ways to deliver
what we do," said Superintendent Daniel Fishbein. He said Ridgewood
saved just under $200,000 by cutting three Spanish teaching positions.
He estimated the computer program, called Rosetta Stone, cost about
$50,000.
Full story:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/06/computer_programs_replace_fore.html
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Harold F. Schiffman
Professor Emeritus of
Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Phone: (215) 898-7475
Fax: (215) 573-2138
Email: haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/
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