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English learning program excelling

david — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:36:50 +0000

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 to the United States from Costa Rica with her parents, achieved “intermediate” status after just seven months of English-language instruction. She’s expected to be reclassified as proficient in English when testing takes place in the spring. Diaz personifies the progress of the Lake Havasu Unified School District’s English-language learning program, which recently passed a hard-won milestone by achieving and exceeding state requirements for Annual Measurable Academic Objectives, or AMAOs.

Graduates to teach English in Costa Rica

david — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:30:26 +0000

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 of whom are Kent State graduates, to Costa Rica to initiate a project awarded by the Cleveland Foundation with a $40,000 grant. The Costa Rica English as a Second Language program will provide language training to current and potential employees in Costa Rica’s expanding hospitality and tourism industries.

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

david — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:17:28 +0000

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 ‘em.

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