Visiting a foreign country where one doesn't know how to speak or
write the language can be daunting for anyone. Moving to and living in a
country where the language is different can be paralyzing.
Hundreds of such adults have changed their lives learning to speak,
read and write English by taking classes with the English for Speakers
of Other Languages (ESOL) program at Canton City Schools Adult Basic
Literacy Education (ABLE). Here in the second of three articles about
adult literacy students we meet Buu Dinh Truongpan, and learn of her
determination to attain higher education and get a better paying job.
Truongpan, was born in China and at age 2 moved to Vietnam. Her family
is made up of 11 girls and three boys. She has lived in the U.S. for two
decades, 10 years in Jackson Township and 12 years in Cleveland. She
met her husband in Vietnam, and later married him in France. The couple
have two daughters, ages 14 and 18.
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Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2012
Paul Seedhouse: learning a language is much more fun in the kitchen
Professor Paul Seedhouse explains his talking kitchen, a new way to learn languages using motion sensor technology
Paul Seedhouse, professor of education and applied linguistics at Newcastle University, is the brains behind the French Digital Kitchen, a learning site that teaches its users aspects of the French language while they prepare dishes from the country. It is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's Digital Economy Programme and obtained an EU grant of €400,000 earlier in the year.
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Paul Seedhouse, professor of education and applied linguistics at Newcastle University, is the brains behind the French Digital Kitchen, a learning site that teaches its users aspects of the French language while they prepare dishes from the country. It is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's Digital Economy Programme and obtained an EU grant of €400,000 earlier in the year.
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China launches English language TV service
China's state-owned broadcaster has launched an aggressive
international push to extend the country's influence, opening a new
headquarters in Washington that will broadcast English-language
programming from the heart of the US capital.
China Central Television, which produces the ruling Communist party's news shows and other propaganda programmes, is constructing a studio in Washington which will serve as its US broadcasting centre. It aims to begin broadcasting from the site by the middle of 2012 and produce up to six hours of original programming a day, according to people familiar with the plans.
CCTV has also built a studio facility in Nairobi, from where it will broadcast its English-language channel in Africa, and plans to open a broadcasting centre in Europe, according to several people briefed on the plans.
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China Central Television, which produces the ruling Communist party's news shows and other propaganda programmes, is constructing a studio in Washington which will serve as its US broadcasting centre. It aims to begin broadcasting from the site by the middle of 2012 and produce up to six hours of original programming a day, according to people familiar with the plans.
CCTV has also built a studio facility in Nairobi, from where it will broadcast its English-language channel in Africa, and plans to open a broadcasting centre in Europe, according to several people briefed on the plans.
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Learning English remains a hard nut to crack
JEDDAH: Nobody can underestimate or belittle the significance
of English as a global or universal language. It is a powerful means of
communication and interaction for people all over the world that helps
them not only to interact with each other but also with finding a job,
doing business, undertaking foreign trips, taking examination, doing
research, surfing the Internet and so forth.
Despite being among the most widely spoken and understood languages, English has not yet acquired its customary omnipresent status in Saudi society, where all official work is carried out in Arabic.
Even though the Saudi government is making every effort to promote learning English as a second language at its schools and universities in addition to extending all financial and logistic support to establish this language for over 80 years ever since the Kingdom’s foundation in 1927, is it has not rooted itself yet in society.
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Despite being among the most widely spoken and understood languages, English has not yet acquired its customary omnipresent status in Saudi society, where all official work is carried out in Arabic.
Even though the Saudi government is making every effort to promote learning English as a second language at its schools and universities in addition to extending all financial and logistic support to establish this language for over 80 years ever since the Kingdom’s foundation in 1927, is it has not rooted itself yet in society.
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Namibia's language policy is 'poisoning' its children
English has been the medium of instruction in most of Namibia's
classrooms for nearly 20 years, but with teachers shown to be failing in
competency tests, calls for change are mounting
Namibia's commitment to English as the main language of education has been undermined by revelations that 98% of the southern African country's teachers are not sufficiently proficient in the language.
Leaked results of government tests carried out last year indicated that all but 2% of teachers need to undergo further training in basic English
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Namibia's commitment to English as the main language of education has been undermined by revelations that 98% of the southern African country's teachers are not sufficiently proficient in the language.
Leaked results of government tests carried out last year indicated that all but 2% of teachers need to undergo further training in basic English
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EU laws put NHS patients at risk, warn senior doctors
Heads of two royal colleges want urgent action over poor language skills and 'stifling effect' of working time directive
NHS patients are at risk because of European laws that govern how overseas doctors work in the UK, the heads of two royal colleges have said.
They claimed "urgent action" was needed on the issue of EU doctors' language skills and criticised the restriction on the number of hours a week trainees can work for.
In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, Professor Norman Williams, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Sir Richard Thompson, the president of the Royal College of Physicians, wrote: "The language competency of doctors from the EU working in Britain, and the stifling effect of the European working time directive [EWTD] on the time that trainee doctors have to learn on the job, need urgent action.
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NHS patients are at risk because of European laws that govern how overseas doctors work in the UK, the heads of two royal colleges have said.
They claimed "urgent action" was needed on the issue of EU doctors' language skills and criticised the restriction on the number of hours a week trainees can work for.
In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, Professor Norman Williams, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Sir Richard Thompson, the president of the Royal College of Physicians, wrote: "The language competency of doctors from the EU working in Britain, and the stifling effect of the European working time directive [EWTD] on the time that trainee doctors have to learn on the job, need urgent action.
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