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United States: For over a decade now, notes the New York Times, researchers have documented the effects of language barriers on health care. Patients who speak English poorly or not at all face longer hospital stays, an increased risk of misdiagnoses and medical errors, and decreased access to acute and preventive care services, often regardless […]

Somalia and the United States: The crowd listened intently as the soft-spoken, sometimes shy writers took the stage to read excerpts from their new book, notes the Sun journal. They read poems praying for a better life, autobiographical accounts of the harsh reality of life in a refugee camp and stories about the hope and […]

United States: Hot on the heels of a Dep. of Education report stating that immigrant students are doing better than ever before, groups serving immigrant families issued a report of their own today, calling on the city Department of Education to change the culture in schools so that immigrant parents feel welcome participating in their […]

United States: Immigrant parents who don’t speak English can sit in school and learn alongside their children, thanks to the revolutionary Toyota Family Literacy Program, notes the Examiner.
Over the past 20 years, more than a million families with parents who couldn’t read or speak English have participated in the program. “Studies find that the […]

Japan and United States: Students from the Yonezawa Women’s Junior College in Colorado’s sister state, Jamagata Prefecture, are staying with Littleton families this week, completing a two-week vacation and English program and enjoying learning and exposure to American culture.
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United States: Talking to 10-year-old Dayki Diaz today, you’d never know the self-possessed fourth-grader didn’t know a word of English when she started the third grade last year at Jamaica Elementary School. “She speaks so well — she’s just amazing,” her principal, Paula Levensailor, said last week at the school. Diaz, who immigrated […]

United States: Almost two-thirds of all U.S. Hispanics are using the Internet at least once a month, and the majority prefer sites that are written in English, according to BizReport, a Web site for online marketers.
The article quoted a recent study by Ipsos U.S. Hispanic Omnibus, which found that 55 percent of American Hispanics prefer […]

United States: With numbers of non-English-speaking students in US schools soaring, a much-reviled law is being credited with improving understanding of their needs and how to teach them, reports the Guardian. Most people in education circles agree that the new era of accountability for schools ushered in by NCLB is here to stay. Education experts […]

South Korea and California: Korean elementary education teachers have each individually applied and been selected by the Korean government to participate in this program that focuses on teaching English as a foreign language. After spending five months in Korea studying English, these K-6 teachers spend a month in the US becoming immersed in the language […]

United States: The El Paso Times reports that the organization responsible for releasing the Nation’s Report Card on education had a public hearing Friday to discuss testing and policy options to better accommodate students with disabilities and students learning English. Josie Tinajero, director of the University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Education, said […]