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July 2004
The Language of Choice
The emergence of the Hispanic community as America’s largest and fastest-growing minority is having a fundamental effect on the nation by bringing Spanish into the mainstream of American culture.
According to estimates...
March 2009
A Proven Bailout Plan
After a period of sustained economic growth in the 1980s — when Finland became known as the Nordic Tiger — in the early 1990s, the Finnish economy collapsed, partly as a...
Diversity in Teacher Education
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has released a new volume, Studying Diversity in Teacher Education, published by Rowman & Littlefield on behalf of AERA. Although there is a considerable body of knowledge on...
Chile Celebrates in the Face of Adversity
The Chilean spirit is another reason to learn Spanish there
Despite the recent earthquake, Chile remains a very attractive Spanish immersion destination.
Having recently survived a powerful earthquake and still enduring the national ordeal of its...
Guatemala
Daniel Ward is struck by the natural beauty
and Mayan culture of the country of Eternal Spring
Guatemala, located just south of Mexico in Central America, offers a unique blend of manmade and natural wonders....
Taiwan
Taiwan's Languages
The languages and dialects spoken in Taiwan have their origins in the Austronesian and Han lingual systems. The Austronesian languages are spoken by Taiwan's indigenous peoples, while most common Han dialects - Minnanese...
Chinese
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Chinese or the Sinitic language(s) (汉语/漢語, pinyin: Hànyǔ; 华语/華語, Huáyǔ; or 中文, Zhōngwén) is a language family consisting of languages mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally...
March 2009
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Language Learning on the Eightfold Path
Carole Poppleton believes that the...