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May 31st, 2008

Asian Americans Struggling to Keep up

United States: Asian-American Students Struggling Under NCLB, Group Says
Schools are failing to identify struggling Asian-American students under the No Child Left Behind Act and to give them the academic intervention and support they need, a report says.
“Contrary to stereotypes that cast Asian-Americans as model students of academic achievement, many Asian-American students are struggling, failing, and […]

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May 30th, 2008

Mexican bilingual teachers head for Chicago

Texas: Grant Brings iPods to ESL Classes
Ray High School students Jamira Baniqued and Danae Uria, both 15, appeared to breeze through their first language lesson using an iPod. Uria already has one she uses for music and videos. This one will be for learning. “It’s going to be good,” said the native of Cuba, […]

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May 28th, 2008

Distance learning for teachers in Japan

ETJ One-Day Certificate Course in Teaching Japanese Students (For Teachers of Teenagers and Adults)This year’s course will be held in the following cities:
Sunday June 1st - Tokyo
Sunday June 8th - Osaka
Sunday June 15th - Nagoya
Training sessions:
‘Reading skills -methods and applications‘ Rob Waring (Notre Dame Seishin University)
‘Teaching skills for listening and speaking‘ Alastair Graham-Marr (Tokai University)
‘Teaching […]

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May 27th, 2008

English learners a small part of overall failures in Arizona

Arizona: English Learners a Small Part of Overall Failures
The Arizona Star’s investigation of social promotion found that students in English-language learner classes account for a relatively small portion of the failures in eight Tucson-area school districts.
The finding comes as rhetoric from the national immigration maelstrom prompts questions about the effects of English-language learners on Arizona’s […]

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May 26th, 2008

English ability important in Malaysia

Malaysia: UPM Survey Suggests that English Ability is Important to Employers
Proficiency in English language was the second most important characteristic sought by potential employers according to a survey done by Universiti Putra Malaysia.
UPM vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Nik Mustapha R. Abdullah said prospective bosses always looked for employees with good command of the language […]

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May 24th, 2008

Bilingual flexibility in Illinois

Illinois: Teaching Bilingual Education: Schools Want More Flexibility
The Diamond Lake School District 76 wants the state to allow districts more flexibility regarding how they teach students who speak limited English.
“We would like bilingual education to be optional, not mandatory,” rants Superintendent Roger Prosise. “If a district like our district finds another program that works, […]

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May 23rd, 2008

Not enough teachers in Indian state schools

India: English From Class I, But Are There Enough Teachers?
In news that will be Unsurprising for anyone remotely familiar with any state school system anywhere in the world, an acute shortage of teachers in government-run schools across Uttar Pradesh may stymie the state government’s plan to introduce English as a subject from Class 1. […]

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May 20th, 2008

English for life: Czech Republic conference

The Sixth International and Tenth National ATECR Conference
The 6th International and 10th National Conference will be held in České Budějovice from 12 to 14 September, 2008 and promises to be an absolute belter. It will be hosted by the Department of English of the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of South Bohemia. This highlight of […]

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May 16th, 2008

Filipino English teacher gets New York Times award

Arizona: ASU Faculty to Develop First Spanish Screener for Language Disorders
Two faculty members in ASU’s Department of Speech and Hearing Science and a faculty member in the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education has been awarded a $1.6 million grant to develop a Spanish language screening measure to identify children at risk for language impairment. […]

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May 14th, 2008

No to Grammar Translation in Japan

SELHi in Action / No Japanese Translation in This Class
In 2005, the Asahikawa Kita High School was designated as a curriculum research school (foreign language) by the National Institute for Educational Policy Research. The school changed its English teaching method from a conventional grammar translation method to immersive English education. Although the institute’s designation expired […]

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