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Letters Supporting Elementary Foreign Language Instruction
Patch.com
Bob Kernan and Kristin Edwards both write to voice their support for implementing a proposed program to teach elementary school children foreign languages. The program is up for discussion to be cut, possibly, from the upcoming budget.


Learning a foreign language
Franklin News Post
Two times each week, she goes to the computer lab at the school for lessons in the foreign languages. Jordan uses a computer mouse and earphones to help guide her though the 30-minute lessons. She has learned greetings in Spanish, how to count to 10 in ...


Donald L. Gilleland: English should be U.S. national language; let's finally ...
TCPalm
We may be the only place in the world where citizens have to press 1 to hear a message in their own language. For 236 years English has been the principal language spoken in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt once said, ...
Councilman wants to make English Arundel's official languageBaltimore Sun
Learning Foreign Languages Isn't Over YetThe Platform
Spreading culture through languageEastern Echo

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African languages for schools
Independent Online
By Slindile Maluleka Compulsory teaching of African languages at schools is on the cards, with the Basic Education Department working on a policy that could be implemented next year. The proposal is still a departmental internal document, which has yet ...

 


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