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| Title | Students in Miami-Dade Embrace Foreign Language Education |
| Body | From http://www.miamiherald.com/488/story/1409634.html Students in Miami-Dade embrace foreign language education BY MICAELA HOOD January 7, 2010 On a recent afternoon, Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy teacher Yun Yan Chen entered a classroom filled with 19 kindergarten students. Her students know how to recite common phrases in Mandarin, China's official and most-spoken language. The Mandarin program at the Homestead-based school, available for students in kindergarten, first and second grades, is one of 13 schools in Miami-Dade County that teach the Asian language to elementary, middle and high school students. Mandarin is not the only Asian language taught at local schools. At Palmetto High School, 79 high school students are learning how to read, write and speak Japanese. At Ada Merritt K-8 Center -- where more than half of the population is of Brazilian heritage -- 250 students are learning how to speak Portuguese. Read the full article at http://www.miamiherald.com/488/story/1409634.html |
| Source | Miami Herald |
| Inputdate | 2010-01-25 12:08:10 |
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