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Mandarin now included in special language program
Philippine Star
According to Education Secretary Armin Luistro, Mandarin, Mandarin forms part of the 2012 Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL) Summer Training Courses for Teachers held from April 12 to May 22. Luistro said that the program is aimed at improving ...


Jakarta Globe

Australia 'Must Boost' Asian Language Learning
Jakarta Globe
Being an Australian student now in university, I think one of the main problems they have to address is the quality of Language teachers. I had to study Italian in primary school and my teacher was sooo bad, even the other staff didnt like her.

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A language in Nepal has only one speaker
Times of India
But as they began settling in villages about 60 or 70 years ago, the nomadic tribe dispersed to different parts of the country and stopped speaking in Kusunda even among themselves because of the stigma attached to the language, according to Madhav ...


Workers told, ditch local languages for English
CNN
Airbus, Daimler-Chrysler, Nokia, Renault, Samsung and Microsoft Beijing have all mandated English as their corporate language, writes Neeley in the May 2012 edition of Harvard Business Review -- and she says more than 70 Danish companies have now ...

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Telegraph.co.uk

Four-year-olds to start learning two foreign languages
Telegraph.co.uk
Children as young as four are to start learning two foreign languages under a radical plan unveiled by Scottish ministers to make them more employable when they enter the job market. By Simon Johnson, Scottish Political Editor Alasdair Allan, ...
Pupils to be taught foreign language from first year of primary schoolScottish Daily Record
SCOTLAND'S PUPILS PLAY LANGUAGE CATCH-UPExpress.co.uk
School pupils could be taught a second language from primary onestv.tv
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