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TitlePortland students learn languages via TV
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Full article available at:
http://www.ascd.org/cms/objectlib/ascdframeset/index.cfm?publication=http://
www.ascd.org/publications/curr_update/2004fall/allen.html?reid=sb

The article begins:
Portland Public Schools is carrying out an ambitious plan using technology to
teach world languages. More than 17,000 elementary students in the Oregon
district are studying Spanish or Japanese via distance learning TV.

The article continues to describe the rationale, goals, and creation of the
project.

Allen, R. Versatile technologies broaden students' language horizons. http://
www.ascd.org/cms/objectlib/ascdframeset/index.cfm?publication=http://
www.ascd.org/publications/curr_update/2004fall/allen.html?reid=sb (1 Nov.
2004).
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