Escondido proposes televised English classes (North County Times)
ESCONDIDO -- For immigrant adults trying to learn English but who are too busy to get out of their work or house to attend classes, city and school officials think they have they answer: Take the classes into their homes.
Refugees must learn English first: paper (Sydney Morning Herald)
Refugees fleeing war, violence and discrimination could be made to take English lessons before they reach Australia under a government plan. -
D301 seeing more needing English help (The Courier News)
BURLINGTON -- At the end of last school year, Central School District 301 had just 39 students identified as needing to learn the English language.
China Reopens Access to English-Language Wikipedia (TechNewsWorld.com)
The Chinese government last week appeared to lift its block on the English-language version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, an unexpected move that came almost a year to the day after access was first denied. The Chinese-language Wikipedia site, however, remains blocked within China.
Program aims to make reading easier, more fun, for children in China (EurekAl...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- What could an English-speaking American reading expert hope to discover from studying how Chinese learn their language? And what might he and his colleagues have to offer as a result?
Australian English Explained (BellaOnline)
Australian English is a unique language, with a lot of slang and vernacular. Arm yourself with some commonly used words and phrases and learn to speak like an Aussie, or at least understand one.
Mauritius: Upgrading English in Our Secondary Schools (AllAfrica.com)
The recent report by the British Council on the unsatisfactory level of English in our secondary schools has sparked some real discomfort among students, parents and the public in general. While some have been shaken, others have been wondering about how to come out of it.
Chief Minister makes a telling case for English (Deccan Herald)
As confessions of this sort go, you won?t get a more disarming one. ?Even though I know English, I am still unsure of the correct usage of grammar?, says Chief Minister H D Kumara-swamy.
Immigrants are eager to learn English (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
Immigrants are eager to learn English Mark S. Erickson - St. Louis Immigrants are eager to learn English English as the official language? These are the same brainiacs who came up with the idea to build a 700-mile fence along...
Fast ForWord(R) Language Product Gets What Works Clearinghouse Seal of Approv...
The Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse has evaluated Scientific Learning Corporation's Fast ForWordŽ Language product based on a study that met its highest evaluation criteria, and has concluded that the product is in the top tier of interventions aimed at English Language Learners.