Speak Up: Supporting Online Language Learning with In-Person Programs
Presented by: EBSCO, Rosetta Stone and Library Journal Event Date & Time: Thursday, September 17th, 2015, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PT With 311 languages spoken in the United States, few, if any, [...]
Learning to speak the language of cats: How they’re actually telling humans …
Some time ago, I delivered a cat into this world and now I am raising him because he is my son and I am his mother. (That’s the truth — please don’t dispute my personal history in the comments.) The [...]
Gesticulating could help your child learn to speak far more quickly
Chicago study says it helps develop language, learning and cognitive skills The same is true for both hearing children and those who sign Gesture-plus-word combinations can make it easier for children to understand what certain words and phrases mean Makes [...]
If foreign languages make you uneasy it’s time to speak up
Foreign policies: Nigel Farage By Mark Steel – 31 May 2014 It seems to have been decided that the best response to the success of Nigel Farage is to try to copy him. David Cameron will hold his next Press [...]
Why Learn Another Language When You Already Speak English?
For many, being able to speak the world’s most widely spoken language means that they don’t see any point in learning another. It’s true that people in most countries in the world know how to speak and can understand English, [...]
Teachers taught how to encourage students learning to speak English
Roughly 150 Des Moines public school teachers spent their first day of summer vacation Monday in a familiar place — the classroom. Just last week, the educators — all of whom teach kindergarten or first grade — celebrated the end [...]
FLC students speak up for foreign languages
The Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees meeting was dominated by discussions about modern languages Friday as faculty and students urged the board to reconsider administrators� decisions earlier this year to cut professors in German, Japanese and French. The move [...]
A right to speak in many tongues
Invaluable … Rizwana Ijaz teaches 120 students in her classes in Urdu, the language of Pakistan. Hampden Park Public is the only school in the state to offer it. Photo: Brendan Esposito The state Education Department is responding to our [...]
Supporters Of Foreign Language Program Speak Up
Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:21 pm | Updated: 12:44 pm, Thu Feb 16, 2012. Teachers and parents in support of the elementary school Spanish program that has been targeted for budget cuts made their discontent known to the Loudoun [...]