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Title | When Students Run the Classroom: Global Language Network |
Body | From http://nclrc.org/about_teaching/topics/feature.html When Students Run the Classroom: Global Language Network By Tom Braslavsky To become a language teacher at Andrew Brown’s Global Language Network, there are three requirements: to be a native speaker, to be willing to volunteer and to commit to a weekly schedule. The GLN is now a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization with chapters at GW and three other universities. It has the mission, according to its website, of making “language and culture education free and fun for everyone, everywhere.” The chapters run two different types of language classes: Language Immersion classes, which are more comprehensive and meet for two to three hours each week; and Survival Skills classes, which teach practical skills and meet for one hour per week, but do not require a commitment. They are all free. Since its inception, Brown said, the GLN has trained just under 300 volunteer teachers. This year, the organization teamed up with the World Bank and a couple of volunteer video producers to put together a training video which is now available in DVD format. Read more about the Global Language Network at http://nclrc.org/about_teaching/topics/feature.html . The Global Language Network has its own website at http://www.globallanguagegroup.com . |
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Inputdate | 2009-01-11 10:23:40 |
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