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Lessons in Quality
Adam Cooke and Nick Sacco explain how the accreditation process is impacting their private language school
In May 2011, the Department of Homeland Security sent out the announcement that all language schools needed to be...
A Vote for Language Learning in Connecticut’s Elementary Schools
The Board of Education in Darien, Connecticut recently passed a vote to allow a $320,000 program that would bring foreign language curriculum to elementary schools.
According to the Darien Times, The program was delayed due...
Vietnamese Find Difficulties in Preserving Language
The Vietnamese language has adapted with the development of the country, but new vocabulary has been added to the language as well.
Vietnamese is spoken by a large percentage of Vietnam’s population and millions of...
January 2012
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Shh… Don’t Mention Education
As we’re entering a Presidential election year, we thought it would be interesting to compare the prospective candidates’ positions on language education. Despite several requests, none of the candidates were...
Barriers Abound for Swedish Language Learners
An inspection conducted by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate reveals that many refugees in Sweden are not being offered language training as Swedish law stipulates. According to a series of laws from last year that...
January 2012
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Shh… Don’t Mention Education
As we’re entering a Presidential election year, we thought it would be interesting to compare the prospective candidates’ positions on language education. Despite several requests, none of the candidates were...
University of Hawaii Professor States “Korean is Scientifically Superior”
On Thursday, December 15, Professor Sohn Ho-min of the University of Hawaii stated in a news conference that he believed that Korean was the world’s most superior language. The conference was to honor Sohn,...
Beijing Scraps Plans for “English-language Town”
The government in Miyun County, a subrub of Beijing, has rejected plans for an English-language town, which would have been the largest European-style town in Beijing. Supporters of the project hoped that the town...
April 2011
A Land of Contrasts
No matter which party is in power or what time of year it is, there is one thing that you can be sure of in America — whatever your viewpoint; there...
Sesquipedalian English
Richard Lederer takes us on a journey of long words
Early in my career as a verbivore, I became fascinated with long words. My heart leapt up when I beheld the likes of inappropriateness (17...
