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 [...]
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 [...]
South Korea & California: Chloe Seong has an intense month ahead of her at Cal State San Bernardino. Seong, 30, a fifth-grade teacher, is one of 22 elementary teachers from Seoul, Korea, selected by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education to spend four weeks gaining expertise in teaching English to those who speak another lanuage.
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Japan & United States: US President Barack Obama’s speeches are proving a best-seller in Japan — as an aid to learning English, notes Reuters. An English-language textbook, “The Speeches of Barack Obama“, has sold more than 400,000 copies in two months, a big hit in a country where few hit novels sell more than a [...]
United States: The Education Week website presents a report discussing how English language learners are putting schools to the test. This report provides a comparison of state data, discusses how immigration is changing communities, shares student profiles, assesses all 50 states, and provides numerous other resources for English language educators.
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