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June 12th, 2008

More South Florida parents are choosing bilingual education for their children

California: For English Language Learners Everything Is an Uphill Battle
“Not to be fluent in English is a disadvantage,” says Nalliber Ruiz a 17-year-old Bell Gardens High School student from Colombia, stating the bleeding obvious. “But at the same time, it is a challenge for me [to learn].”
Ruiz came to the U.S as a teenager. […]

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June 11th, 2008

The view from the United Arab Emirates

Here’s a list of recent articles over on the UAE Blog, a proud part of the ELT World Collective:
Stunning Vision: A Refreshing Look at UAE Tourism
A Souk and the Largest Store in the UAE Together
Dubai Amongst Most Expensive For Expatriates
Dubai: Burj Al Arab
UAE Area Guide, Part 8 of 8 - Umm al-Quwain
Does your School Have […]

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June 10th, 2008

Norway fears loss of first language

Turkey: Burç College’s Florya Branch Organizes Foreign Language Fair
The Florya branch of Burç College recently held its second annual foreign languages fair with participation from students and their parents at its campus in the Istanbul district of Bakırköy.
Bünyamin Erdoğan, head of the foreign languages department at the school, said “In non-English speaking countries […]

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June 7th, 2008

VUSD Prepares to Revamp Program for English Learners in California

Arizona: Tucson-Area District to Defy State Law on English Immersion
The Tucson-area school district plans to defy a state law requiring all students learning English to have four-hour daily language immersion classes, saying federal civil rights rules take precedence.
The decision by the Sahuarita Unified School District to exclude its middle and high school students drew […]

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June 5th, 2008

Malaysian students exposed to literature

Pakistan: 37 English Language Teachers Trained
The Federal College of Education of the Ministry of Education has trained as many as 37 (!) English language teachers of Islamabad Capital Territory. The programme focused on techniques and principles of language teaching, study skills, teaching of English language through computers, development of lesson plans to make them more […]

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June 4th, 2008

14 years after being invited, the British Council lands in Rwanda

Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Utilization of English Language Development Instructional Strategies in the Teaching of Science to English Learners
The majority of educators agree that there is a pressing need for dramatic changes in the way we deliver instruction to schoolchildren, particularly English learners. English learners face the daunting task of learning the academic curriculum and […]

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June 3rd, 2008

South Korea to hire unqualified hacks, Taiwan to blame teachers for failures

South Korea: Hagwon Seek to Block Unqualified Foreign Teachers
In a move that makes a frightening amount of sense, the association of foreign language institutes (hagwon) said recently that the government should block the inflow of unqualified native English teachers, making clear its opposition to a policy to increase the number of “questionable instructors.”
The Korea Association […]

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June 2nd, 2008

ELL on Earth: US latest

New Mexico: Library Uses Grant to Help English Learners
Clovis-Carver Public Library was awarded a $5,000 grant last week by the American Library Association to add / increase their literacy services to adult English language learners. The grant was funded by the Dollar General Foundation, and was awarded to 34 public libraries across the United States, […]

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June 1st, 2008

It’s all happening in Europe

Norway: Day Care Centers Urged to Teach English
As if those Scandinavians weren’t already the undisputed masters of L2 English, Norwegian toddlers in publicly funded day care centers may be able to start learning English along with their nursery rhymes from this autumn. The top politician in charge of children and education in Oslo, Torger Ødegaard, […]

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June 1st, 2008

20% Job Quota for Indian English Graduates

India: 20% Job Quota for English Grads in Maharashtra Schools
There was a time when Maharashtra politicians flared up at the idea of introducing English in schools. What a sight that must have been. Finally, picking up on what parents and students actually want, the state has now been forced to woo (sounds a bit […]

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