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English learning program excelling

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,” … Continue reading

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Mexico launches effort to teach its students English

Mexico: With its economy increasingly hitched to the United States, Mexico’s government has launched an ambitious plan to teach English to every schoolchild, even those in kindergarten. Currently, educators in 21 states and the Federal District are offering the language … Continue reading

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Graduates to teach English in Costa Rica

Thanks to grant money from an organization in Cleveland, four volunteers will teach English in Costa Rica. The Office of International Affairs bid farewell to Director Mary Anne Saunders and four volunteers this morning. Saunders is accompanying the volunteers, two … Continue reading

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Tierney on Fulbright-funded English language project in Panama

Panama & Delaware, US: Suzanne Tierney, an instructor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Delaware, has received a Fulbright scholar grant for a yearlong English language project at Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP) in … Continue reading

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Costa Rica: Government’s Goal Is For Costa Rica Soon To Become Bilingual

Costa Rica has taken on the challenge of converting English as a common language for the majority of the population. One of the objectives is that 75% of high school students are proficient in English by 2017. Good luck to … Continue reading

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Trinidad: ALTA – teaching adults to read

In the Adult Literacy Tutors Association (ALTA) classroom, trained volunteer tutors and students work together to overcome the problems that stymied their childhood learning. To both these groups literacy represents power — the tutor holds the power to change and … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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This Guy is Teaching Abroad: Teaching in Mexico

  You may have noticed a new addition to the moderator team over at the forums: Guy Courchesne. Guy also has a very interesting blog in which he chronicles the many experiences he’s had teaching English in Mexico. In fact, … Continue reading

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