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MetroWest Daily News: Holliston's French immersion program nominated for national award
NewburyPortNews.com: Principal nixes plan for foreign language
The Tritonian - Notre Dame De La Baie Academy: Foreign Language Study a Win-Win Decision
ACTFL: ACTFL op-ed to Washington Post; Original column ACTFL is responding to
WickedLocal.com: School Committee grapples with cuts to language curriculum
ACTFL: ACTFL’s comments to the Rock Hill School District’s proposal to significantly reduce the availability of elementary language programs for students in the Rock Hill District
Washington Post: Obama: Revise No Child Left Behind law
Washington Post: Lawmakers to launch bipartisan effort to redo No Child Left Behind
HattiesburgAmerican.com: Learning a new language
South County Independent: Spanish flavor added to school lessons
The Mercury: Boyertown School Board disagrees on cooperation pledge
NewsWireToday.com: Hello-Hello Officially Launches New Language Learning Website During ACTFL Convention
ForeignPolicy.com: GAO report finds State Department language skills dangerously lacking
NWItimes.com: Foreign languages broaden students global view
Daily Herald (Chicago): How your brain becomes bilingual -- it's child's play
Payvand Iran News: State Universities Lead Expansion of Persian Studies in U.S.
Gwinnett Daily Post: Do you speak...? More students learning third language
Gotham Gazette: Learning Another Language
GoUpState.com: Language teachers get inspiration at seminar
The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Study of Foreign Languages Should Not Be a Zero-Sum Game
WhittierDailyNews.com: Preparing for the future one word at a time
BigNews.biz: Soccer in the Streets Recognized for Introducing Foreign Languages to Youth
TribStar.com: Foreign language students at Indiana State study language of love
The Orion: Foreign service jobs on the market
ACTFL: ACTFL Letter to Education Secretary, Duncan
ACTFL: ACTFL Letter to President Obama
Whitehouse.gov: President Obama’s Education Agenda
Washington Post: Michelle Obama's Day for Sightseeing and 'Si'-saying in the District
National Education Association (NEA): Finding Our Way with Words
ilovelibraries.org: Students and Author Team up to Promote Peace
Courier-Journal.com: Redirect school dollars, Ind. gov. urges
ACTFL: Op Ed submission to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Washington Times: ANALYSIS: U.S. must strengthen foreign language education
Asbury Park Press: Effort builds to train more instructors
Dallas News: In business, English is necessary but not always sufficient
Post-Bulletin: Schools give new life to Latin
The Augusta Chronicle: Language professor honored for efforts
The Kentucky Post: Villa Hills Doc Recognized
The Reporter-Herald: Loveland French teacher receives national award - Reporter-Herald, Loveland, Colo.
Scripps News: Chinese is fastest growing language taught in U.S. schools
The Miami Herald: South Florida charter schools offering new language options
National Education Association: Finding Our Way With Words
TampaBay.com: Mandarin Chinese: The hottest new language in school
GainesvilleTimes.com: Chinese classes part of schools' new world focus
CNN.com: Eight industries needing bilingual workers - CNN.com
Herndon Connection: Immersion Program Reinforced, Fox Mill principal tours Japan to learn country’s culture and language education.
HuffingtonPost.com: Rep. Rush Holt: Why Foreign Language Education Matters
DelmarvaNow.com: Kids need foreign language earlier
Dawson Times: Brenau University Cited for Technology Use in Teaching Languages
Yahoo! News: Rice shares shopping, life tips Down Under
TheLedger.com: Bush Wants Students Fluent in Other Languages
Telegram.com, Worcester, MA.: Mad about Mandarin: Some local students getting exotic choice beyond French and Spanish
SignOnSanDiego.com (By the Union Tribune): Kindergartners urged to learn key languages
The New York Times: The Candidates Speak Off the Cuff, and Trouble Quickly Follows
The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com): Italian American Groups Speak Up to Save AP Language Test
ACTFL: ACTFL's response to the College Board decision to eliminate language exams from its AP offerings
Kansas City infoZine: States Credit Foreign Language Study
Stateline.org: States credit foreign language study
Connecticut Busines News Journal (conntact.com): Speaking in Tongues
The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY: The Learning Years: Early schooling benefits children, local educators say
The New York Times: Education: More School Districts Look to Hire Teachers of Chinese
South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com: Bill would let state's teachers gain certification in 11 additional foreign languages
TimesOnline.co.uk: Does learning a second language translate into business success?
Science Daily: Speaking More Than One Language May Slow The Aging Process In The Mind
PressConnects.com: Binghamton schools hope to expand Mandarin Chinese program
Herald Tribune: House passes FCAT bill, with foreign language add
Gazette.net: Language museum to open in University Park
The News, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT: Chinese Summer Program Awarding Scholarships
WickedLocal.com: Learning a foreign language: Does it matter?
My.HighschoolJournalism.org: Arabic program receives grant
The Goldman Sachs Foundation Prices for Excelence in International Education: 2007 Excellence in International Education Prize Winners
Lancaster Eagle Gazette: Ohio Department of Education receives Prize for Excellence in International Education
Pensacola News Journal: Tots easily learn languages while picking up English
St. Petersburg Times: Opening up a world of languages
TampaBay.com: Should kids speak in more tongues?
The Salt Lake Tribune: Lawmakers give a boost to foreign language classes
ABC News: Learn a Language, Get a Raise; ACTFL's response to the article
Wicked Local, Woburn: School Committee Tackles cuts in personnel, foreign language
The Daily Orange: Experts say language skill powerful selling tool in job market
Edutopia: Word Up: Bring the World's Languages to Your Classroom
The Star-Ledger: Finis for French, German in Spotswood schools?
Bucks County Courier Times: Foreign languages losing importance
The Badger Herald: Lawmakers want foreign languages
New Canaan News: Early Language Instruction Right on Time
Chicago Tribune: Parents scrambling for bilingual classes
Wisconsin State Journal: 2 school districts adding elementary Spanish
Pensacola News Journal: Tots easily learn languages while picking up English
Lancaster Eagle Gazette: Ohio Department of Education receives Prize for Excellence in International Education
Lansing State Journal: East Lansing schools looks at widening language offerings
PennLive.com: Educators: Foreign languages lost in translation for Pa. schools
MyRecordJournal.com: Lots of languages, not so many teachers
Shakopee Valley News: All EP elementary students to learn second language
VillageSoup/Knox County Times Reporter: Pilot foreign language program at MacDougal School wins support
GovernmentExecutive.com: Defense to begin recruiting foreign language corp
Kentucky.com: Jessamine Students Bite Into Mandarin
International Herald Tribune: 3 states get US aid for teaching foreign languages
Modern Language Association of America: Study released shows language enrollment up by 12.9 percent over four years.
Education Week (edweek.org): Core Subjects in Danger of Being Axed From National Assessment
The New York Times: Building a Nation of Polyglots, Starting With the Very Young
Duke Gifted Letter (The Duke University Talent Identification Program Online Newsletter for Parents of Gifted Youth): Cognitive Benefits of Learning Language
MSN Encarta®: Ask for a Pay Raise -- in a Second Langauge
The Oklahoman: Award surprises teacher
The Capital Times: Chinese and Arabic languages gain local popularity
Hartford Courant: Language Of The Future Sounds Like Chinese
WILL AM 580 (Radio Show): Martha Abbott, Director of Education at ACTFL, speaks with David Inge Of WILL AM 580 in Champaign-Urbana, IL on learning foreign languages in the United States and why it matters. Click here to download the audio file.
Explorer News, Tucson , AZ: CDO student will spend entire senior year in China
Whittier Daily News: Mt. SAC revives Latin classes
Middlebury College: Middlebury College and Brandeis University establish School of Hebrew
Post-Gazette.com: State board refuses to require foreign language studies because of high cost
Scripps Howard News Service: Poll: Americans wistful for foreign language studies
Cincinnati Enquirer: Editorial concerning the ED grant to a local school: Joining in the global conversation and a column by Bret Lovejoy: Grant is a great choice for whole community
International Herald Tribune: Article-Europe of 2057: A big future is seen in poll; Poll: http://www.iht.com/pdfs/europe/europepoll.pdf
International Herald Tribune Commentary and ACTFL response
Ada Evening News: Mara Sukholutskaya receives awards - Ada, OK
Grand Rapids Press: Experts: Schools' language offerings too narrow
Kansan.com: Foreign language is power: Americans should get off their high horses and learn other languages
Mshale.com: Swahili Language Teaching Is Back at the University of Minnesota
PalmBeachPost.com: German classes cut from last school
The Christian Science Monitor: Chinese-language classes full, but teachers scarce in US
The Education Guardian: Britain Mandates Foreign Language Beginning in Primary School: "All Primary Schools to Teach Foreign Language by 2010"
Business Week: Found in Translation: Work opportunities
Time: How to Bring our Schools Out of the 20th Century
LA Times: From the LA Times: Mandarin Speaks to a growing audience (Note: this link takes you to the home page of latimes.com, you will need to use their search bar to locate the article. Suggested search terms are: "Mandarin Speaks" or "Marty Abbott")
The Chronical of Higher Education: Fulbright Steps Up Language Training from The Chronical on Higher Education
The Courier Journal: Foreign exchange: Chinese, Arabic joining language classes
Foreign Policy Association: 77% of respondents to a recent Foreign Policy Association survey say students inadequately prepared for international affairs. Read the article: http://www.fpa.org/topics_info2414/topics_info_show.htm?doc_id=240662
Washington Post: Bilingualism's Brain Benefits- Bilingual speakers are better able to deal with distractions than those who speak only a single language, and that may help offset age-related declines in mental performance, researchers say. Read the article on washingtonpost.com: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39338-2004Jun13.html
The Tribune India: Vistas for the young in foreign tongue -"For those possessing good knowledge of a foreign language there are myriad lucrative openings as translators, interpreters, online content writers, tour operators, instructors or even decoders of technical jargon, writes Biswajiban Sharma." Read the article at tribuneindia.com: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041012/jobs/main1.htm
Reno Gazette-Journal: State’s linguistic diversity grows- Top 3 languages in Nevada: English, Spanish and Tagalog. Read the article at rgj.com: http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2004/07/08/75132.php
BBC News: Learning Languages 'Boosts Brain': Learning a second language "boosts" brain-power, scientists believe. Read the article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3739690.stm
Education Week: College Board to Add Japanese to Language Offerings - Students of Japanese will be able to earn college credit in the language through a new Advanced Placement course to be offered beginning in the 2006-07 school year. Read the article.
Washington Times: Campaign urges America to learn foreign languages - "Nearly half of Americans say there is "too little" foreign language instruction in the nation's public schools, and 50 percent attribute this to a lack of funding, a Roper Poll has discovered..." Read the article at http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041207-111412-8271r.htm
Washington Post: Arlington Parents Wonder: Why Add Italian Class?- Since 1988, the last time the Arlington public school system added a foreign language to its curriculum, much has changed in the world. The Soviet empire collapsed; the Chinese economy soared; a terrorist attack by Muslim extremists launched the United States into war and sent the State Department in search of more speakers of Middle Eastern and other strategic languages. Read the article.
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