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Title: Retailers Seeking Bilingual Employees
Body: As the Spanish-speaking population continues to grow, more and more businesses are stocking products geared toward Hispanics and hiring employees who speak Spanish. Read the Advocate article at: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/features/health/bal-homedepot0221,0,7725378.story
Source: The Advocate
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Title: Retailers Seeking Bilingual Employees
Body: As the Spanish-speaking population continues to grow, more and more businesses are stocking products geared toward Hispanics and hiring employees who speak Spanish. Read the Advocate article at: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/features/health/bal-homedepot0221,0,7725378.story
Source: The Advocate
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Title: Migrant Worker Families Struggle to Keep Kids in School
Body: Children in migrant worker families may be a year or more behind their peers due to frequent moves, but with help from institutions such as Washington's Migrant Education Program, administrators hope to help families stay in one place and succeed. Read the Christian Science Monitor article at: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0215/p11s01-legn.html
Source: Christian Science Monitor
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Title: Migrant Worker Families Struggle to Keep Kids in School
Body: Children in migrant worker families may be a year or more behind their peers due to frequent moves, but with help from institutions such as Washington's Migrant Education Program, administrators hope to help families stay in one place and succeed. Read the Christian Science Monitor article at: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0215/p11s01-legn.html
Source: Christian Science Monitor
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Title: Alaskan Native Language Kept Alive on Computers
Body: An ancient tongue that predates the arrival of the Eskimos in Alaska is on the verge of disappearing, but thanks to a new computer-based course, the few who speak and teach the Ahtna-Athabascan language now have some help. Read the KTUU.COM article or watch a video of the TV news story at: http://www.ktuu.com/CMS/templates/master.asp?articleid=11669&zoneid=4
Source: KTUU.COM
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Title: Alaskan Native Language Kept Alive on Computers
Body: An ancient tongue that predates the arrival of the Eskimos in Alaska is on the verge of disappearing, but thanks to a new computer-based course, the few who speak and teach the Ahtna-Athabascan language now have some help. Read the KTUU.COM article or watch a video of the TV news story at: http://www.ktuu.com/CMS/templates/master.asp?articleid=11669&zoneid=4
Source: KTUU.COM
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Title: Study of Chinese on the Rise
Body: Enrollment in high school Chinese programs is increasing, with students citing the desire to improve their college entrance prospects and to speak the language for business purposes. Read the ContraCosta Times article at: http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/10890327.htm
Source: ContraCostaTimes.com
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Title: Study of Chinese on the Rise
Body: Enrollment in high school Chinese programs is increasing, with students citing the desire to improve their college entrance prospects and to speak the language for business purposes. Read the ContraCosta Times article at: http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/10890327.htm
Source: ContraCostaTimes.com
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Title: Language Program Creates Resource Database for Immigrants
Body: A Portland, Maine program is working to improve resources for immigrants by developing a system which will help to locate and educate interpreters, among other services. Read the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram article at: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/local/050222united.shtml
Source: Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
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Title: Language Program Creates Resource Database for Immigrants
Body: A Portland, Maine program is working to improve resources for immigrants by developing a system which will help to locate and educate interpreters, among other services. Read the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram article at: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/local/050222united.shtml
Source: Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
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Title: Dual-language Program Cut
Body: Citing low participation from native English speakers, poor performance by dual-language students on assessment tests and difficulty finding teachers, a Colorado school district has decided to do away with its dual-language program. At a recent school board meeting, parents, students, and language experts pleaded with officials not to close the program. Read the DenverPost.com article at: http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2713772,00.html
Source: DenverPost.com
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Title: Dual-language Program Cut
Body: Citing low participation from native English speakers, poor performance by dual-language students on assessment tests and difficulty finding teachers, a Colorado school district has decided to do away with its dual-language program. At a recent school board meeting, parents, students, and language experts pleaded with officials not to close the program. Read the DenverPost.com article at: http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2713772,00.html
Source: DenverPost.com
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Title: Standardized Spanish Programming Appeals to Hispanics in the US
Body: Producers of Spanish-language television programming and advertisements in the U.S. are keenly aware of the kind of message an accent sends, as well as how well it might be understood by Hispanic Americans. For others, the neutral accent used in much U.S. sounds contrived and signals a loss of native heritage. Read the Miami Herald article at: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/10914580.htm
Source: The Miami Herald
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Title: Standardized Spanish Programming Appeals to Hispanics in the US
Body: Producers of Spanish-language television programming and advertisements in the U.S. are keenly aware of the kind of message an accent sends, as well as how well it might be understood by Hispanic Americans. For others, the neutral accent used in much U.S. sounds contrived and signals a loss of native heritage. Read the Miami Herald article at: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/10914580.htm
Source: The Miami Herald
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Title: Tennessee Judge Orders Immigrant Mothers to Learn English
Body: A Tennessee judge who hears child abuse and neglect cases is becoming known for giving mothers with poor English language skills deadlines for learning the language, citing the endangerment of their childrens' health and the possibility of alienation when their children become English speakers. Critics claim that orders such as these violate a parent's right to raise one's own children. Read the Seattle Times article at: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002181460_english16.html
Source: The Seattle Times
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Title: Tennessee Judge Orders Immigrant Mothers to Learn English
Body: A Tennessee judge who hears child abuse and neglect cases is becoming known for giving mothers with poor English language skills deadlines for learning the language, citing the endangerment of their childrens' health and the possibility of alienation when their children become English speakers. Critics claim that orders such as these violate a parent's right to raise one's own children. Read the Seattle Times article at: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002181460_english16.html
Source: The Seattle Times
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Title: Voice and Vision in Language Teacher Education: Fourth International Conference
Body: June 2-4, 2005 Radisson-Metrodome Hotel Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA The mission of this unique conference is to address the education of teachers of all languages, at all instructional and institutional levels, and in all the many national and international contexts in which this takes place, including: English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) instruction; foreign modern/world language teaching; bilingual education; immersion education; indigenous and minority language education; and the teaching of less commonly taught languages. The conference aims to bring together teacher educators from these many contexts to discuss and share research, theory, and best practices and to initiate and sustain meaningful professional dialogue across languages, levels, and settings. The conference will focus on the following four broad themes: * The Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education; * Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language Teacher Education; * Collaborations in Language Teacher Education; and * Processes of Language Teacher Education Over 100 papers and symposia will be presented by language teacher educators and researchers from all over the world. Register now for this exciting conference! The conference begins on Thursday evening (June 2) with the keynote address and an opening reception and continues throughout the day on Friday and Saturday (June 3- 4) with plenary sessions, papers, and symposia. For more information, visit: http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/LTE2005/index.html Special post-conference opportunity: Content-Based Language Teaching with Technology: Workshop for Language Teacher Educators June 6-8, 2005 This special three-day workshop will directly follow the Language Teacher Education conference to make it possible for language teacher educators to take advantage of both opportunities. It will provide an in-depth look at the CoBaLTT resources, which were designed to help foreign language and immersion teachers develop content-based instruction supported by effective use of technology. The workshop will be instructed by Diane Tedick, the director of the CoBaLTT project, Marlene Johnshoy, co-instructor for the technology portion of the workshop, and Laurent Cammarata, graduate assistant to the project. Instruction and all materials for this workshop are free, though participants will need to pay for their own travel, accommodations, and meals. More information and an application form can be found at: http://www.carla.umn.edu/cobaltt/apply/index.html. Please note that the deadline for applications has been extended to April 1st. Space is limited.
Source: CARLA
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Title: Voice and Vision in Language Teacher Education: Fourth International Conference
Body: June 2-4, 2005 Radisson-Metrodome Hotel Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA The mission of this unique conference is to address the education of teachers of all languages, at all instructional and institutional levels, and in all the many national and international contexts in which this takes place, including: English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) instruction; foreign modern/world language teaching; bilingual education; immersion education; indigenous and minority language education; and the teaching of less commonly taught languages. The conference aims to bring together teacher educators from these many contexts to discuss and share research, theory, and best practices and to initiate and sustain meaningful professional dialogue across languages, levels, and settings. The conference will focus on the following four broad themes: * The Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education; * Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language Teacher Education; * Collaborations in Language Teacher Education; and * Processes of Language Teacher Education Over 100 papers and symposia will be presented by language teacher educators and researchers from all over the world. Register now for this exciting conference! The conference begins on Thursday evening (June 2) with the keynote address and an opening reception and continues throughout the day on Friday and Saturday (June 3- 4) with plenary sessions, papers, and symposia. For more information, visit: http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/LTE2005/index.html Special post-conference opportunity: Content-Based Language Teaching with Technology: Workshop for Language Teacher Educators June 6-8, 2005 This special three-day workshop will directly follow the Language Teacher Education conference to make it possible for language teacher educators to take advantage of both opportunities. It will provide an in-depth look at the CoBaLTT resources, which were designed to help foreign language and immersion teachers develop content-based instruction supported by effective use of technology. The workshop will be instructed by Diane Tedick, the director of the CoBaLTT project, Marlene Johnshoy, co-instructor for the technology portion of the workshop, and Laurent Cammarata, graduate assistant to the project. Instruction and all materials for this workshop are free, though participants will need to pay for their own travel, accommodations, and meals. More information and an application form can be found at: http://www.carla.umn.edu/cobaltt/apply/index.html. Please note that the deadline for applications has been extended to April 1st. Space is limited.
Source: CARLA
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Title: New Book: Focus on French as a Foreign Language
Body: From: http://cf.linguistlist.org/cfdocs/new-website/LL-WorkingDirs/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=13532 Focus on French as a Foreign Language : Multidisciplinary Approaches Edited By: Jean-Marc Adrien Dewaele (Birkbeck College, University of London) URL: http://www.multilingual-matters.com Series Title: Second Language Acquisition This book offers sharp new insights into the acquisition and use of French as a foreign language. The authors are specialists in their particular theoretical paradigms and focus on morphology, morpho-syntax, syntax, discourse, as well as fluency in the French interlanguage from beginners to advanced learners with different first languages. Publication Year: 2005 Publisher: Multilingual Matters For more information, visit: http://cf.linguistlist.org/cfdocs/new-website/LL-WorkingDirs/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=13532
Source: Linguist List
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Title: New Book: Focus on French as a Foreign Language
Body: From: http://cf.linguistlist.org/cfdocs/new-website/LL-WorkingDirs/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=13532 Focus on French as a Foreign Language : Multidisciplinary Approaches Edited By: Jean-Marc Adrien Dewaele (Birkbeck College, University of London) URL: http://www.multilingual-matters.com Series Title: Second Language Acquisition This book offers sharp new insights into the acquisition and use of French as a foreign language. The authors are specialists in their particular theoretical paradigms and focus on morphology, morpho-syntax, syntax, discourse, as well as fluency in the French interlanguage from beginners to advanced learners with different first languages. Publication Year: 2005 Publisher: Multilingual Matters For more information, visit: http://cf.linguistlist.org/cfdocs/new-website/LL-WorkingDirs/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=13532
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