Foreign Languages

How Many Languages Does a Typical United States President Know?

Quora | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Languages, American History, US Presidents, U.S. Presidents, Foreign Languages, President, Presidents, Politics News
Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. By Nick Bhardwaj, VP of Monetization at NaturalMotion I am going to assume we are talking about being ...

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UCLA Should Encourage Students to Go Beyond the Minimal Foreign Language Requirement

Daily Bruin | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Education Requirements, Learning Languages, Foreign Affairs, Ucla, College, Foreign Languages, College Degree, College News
Daily Bruin

How can we listen carefully and communicate clearly when we do not know the language of foreign peers?

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Lost and Gained In Translation

Bess Rowen | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Theatre, Theater, Arts News, Translation, Chinglish, Chinglish Broadway, Chinglish Review, Languages, Foreign Languages, Arts News
Bess Rowen

Just like the characters in Chinglish, we all try to communicate with each other, even when it is "sleepy" (one character's substitution for "tiring").

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Ten Years After 9/11, America Still Has a Language Problem

Nataly Kelly | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Language, Americans Learning Foreign Languages, Foreign Language Training, Learning Foreign Languages, Foreign Languages, Americans Foreign Languages, Politics News
Nataly Kelly

The government needs to do a better job of ensuring linguistic preparedness. However, as a society in general, America needs to overhaul its attitude toward language. And that starts with the people.

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Mandatory Arabic Classes In Texas Schools On Hold

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas, Education, Language, Arabic, Foreign Languages, Culture, Mandatory Arabic, Texas School Arabic, Arabic in Texas Schools, Arabic in Texas, Mandatory Arabic Classes, Education News

A plan to make lessons in Arabic and Arab culture mandatory for students in some Texas schools has been put on hold, following feedback from parents. ...

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The Modern Language Association 2011: Literature and Language Professors and Their Profession

Ruth Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mla, Literacy, Modern Language Association, Decline of the Humanities, Humanities, Foreign Languages, Literature Professors, Modern-Language-Association-Convention, David Damrosch, Radhika Gajjala, Marjorie Perloff, Christopher Lupke, Gopal Balakrishnan, Robert Warrior, Charles Altieri, Nora M. Alter, Christopher Freeburg, Marisa Galvez, David Lloyd, Liliane Weissberg, Russell A. Berman, Lila Harper, Marie-Therese Ellis-House, Elliott Visconsi, Judy Starkman, Universities, College News
Ruth Starkman

"Check out my membership!" exclaimed Shawn Doubiago, adjunct professor at University of San Francisco and Berkeley Community College. Doubiago held ou...

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Successful Schools Have a Global Orientation

Anthony Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oecd, Finland, US Department of Education, Pisa, Education, Foreign Languages, International Education, Education News
Anthony Jackson

High-performing Asian school systems, like high-performing nations elsewhere in the world, truly have a global orientation.

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Where in the World Are Languages?

Rosemary Feal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Majoring in Foreign Language, Suny, Suny Foreign Languages, Foreign Languages, SUNY Albany, Foreign Language Major, College News
Rosemary Feal

It is the responsibility of the larger community, academic and social, to make the case for the advanced study of languages and humanities.

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