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Immigrants Today Learning English Much Faster Than Europeans Did

The Huffington Post | Ryan Rainey | Posted 06.18.2013 | Politics
Read More: Immigration Reform, Latino, Wisconsin, Spanish Language, English Second Language, Immigration Study, German Language, Immigration English Language, Politics News

Today's immigrants are learning English more quickly than the throngs of German-Americans who migrated to the United States more than 100 years ago, a...

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Preparing the Next Generation of Humanities Scholar Teachers at Stanford

Ruth Starkman | Posted 05.01.2013 | College
Read More: Graduate Education, Germany, Humanities, Yevgenya Strakovsky, André Fischer, Russell A. Berman, Stanford University, German Language, College News
Ruth Starkman

Stanford University's "Graduate Student and Faculty Collaborative Teaching in the Humanities," is training future scholars to focus on teaching in the...

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The Gift of Language

John F. Schwaller | Posted 01.05.2013 | Home
Read More: Spanish Language, Volga Germans, Foreign Language Acquisition, Foreign Languages, German Language, Home News
John F. Schwaller

The study of foreign languages is simply the gift that keeps on giving. It provides a person with multiple perspectives from which to view the world. It actually strengthens the mind. It allows a person to travel to other countries, which is also a great gift.

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Why Big German Words Like Vergangenbangenheit Carry Weight

Francis Levy | Posted 12.15.2012 | Books
Read More: Vergangenbangenheit, Gesellschaftsgeschichte, Gemeinschaft, Wissenschaft, Leidenschaft, German Words, French Words, English Language, History German, German Language, Books News
Francis Levy

Big German compound words radiate authority. They're verbal weapons guaranteed to neutralize your opponent.

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"You Speak German Well... for an American"

Morgan Rotondi | Posted 04.20.2012 | Home
Read More: Foreign Languages US, English Education, Germany Expatriate, Foreign Languages Americans, Languages Education, German Language, Home News
Morgan Rotondi

The U.S. needs to re-assess its values in education. We cannot simply assume English is the "world language," or that English will indefinitely remain vital in global discourse.

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Colorado Congress Of Foreign Teachers Awards Innovation Grant To Boulder Waldorf Teacher

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Rudolf Steiner, Denver Impact, Shining Mountain Waldorf School, Foreign Language, Waldorf School, Dying Languages, Boulder, German, Denver North High School, Paula Blum, Boulder Waldorf School, Chinese, Fairview High School, German Language, Foreign Language Teachers, Denver News

The dearth of emphasis on foreign languages in American schools is no secret. The American education system's seeming lack of interest in teaching se...

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Schlechtes Englisch Goes Viral in Germany

David Dagan | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: German Sentence Structure, German Dialect, German Language, World News
David Dagan

The architecture of a German sentence is complicated and beautiful, but it doesn't always translate well. To a German-trained tongue, English pronunciation can be almost as challenging as the syntax.

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Germans Campaign To Safeguard Language

The Independent | Tony Paterson | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Angela Merkel, Germany Campaign Language, Angela Merkel German Language, Germany, Annette Heubiger, Europe, Tina Fey German, German Language, World News

Hollywood and Hitler made it the language of on-screen baddies. Before that Mark Twain had already famously dismissed it as "awful". Now American come...

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