Teaching English as second language for elementary kids a challenge for district
The number of students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade speaking English as a second language has increased almost 400 percent in the past four years, from just a few to more than 20.
But the school district can only afford one part-time teacher, who works with the children in both group and individual settings for 90 minutes a day. Elementary School principal Karen Maschler says it’s not enough, but it’s all Sauk Centre can afford.
Read the complete news item here: http://www.saukherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=12&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=10211&TM=39085.64
Workshop on English language
The English language teaching workshop organised by the Kerala English Language Teachers’ Association (KELTA) at the Gazala Auditorium was inaugurated by Coimbatore Arya Vaidya Pharmacy managing director P R Krishnakumar here on Sunday.Bhaskaran Nair, head of the department of English language teaching, Pondicherry University, and Beena Philip, Principal of the Azhchavattom College, Kozhikode, led the workshop.Read the complete news item here: http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Workshop+on+English+language&artid=Ez6Wa3GMZ9E=&SectionID=1ZkF/jmWuSA=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=X7s7i|xOZ5Y=&SEO=
Tibetan-English translator brings Bard to the Himalayas
LHASA, March 24 (Xinhua) — W. Tailing, or Dreling Wangdo in Tibetan, fears his ailing heart and a cataract in his right eye might prevent him from translating “Macbeth” into Tibetan.
Five years ago, at 70, he finished translating two of Shakespeare’s other works, “Hamlet” and “Romeo and Juliet”. At 73, he began translating into English “The Love Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso (1683-1706)”, which remain popular in Tibet to this day.
Despite deteriorating health, he is also translating 1,001 Tibetan idioms into English.
Read the complete news item here: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/24/content_11065350.htm
italki.com brings language teaching to market
When I was visiting Shanghai-based italki.com‘s offices this past November (see post) it was mentioned that some exciting news was in the pipes for the massive language learning site.
Today, after completely forgetting that such newsbait had ever chummed this blogger’s waters, I was given the lowdown: italki has just launched a Language Marketplace.
The new feature connects teachers and students for paid teaching of foreign languages. Teachers create a profile and set their own rates. Once approved, teachers are put in a listing that prospective students can browse for a suitable match.
Read the complete news item here: http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/thetechdynasty/post.htm?id=63009740&scid=hm_bl
Volunteer Teaching in Hunan
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Seniors: Spend a year in Hunan, China with WorldTeach.
*About the China Year Program*
We are moving into our sixth year partnering with the Hunan Department of Education in China, where we have sent over two hundred volunteers to teach English in the public schools of Hunan province. There is currently a huge demand for English teachers in China. In many parts of the country, only students from the most elite schools have the opportunity to learn English from a native speaker. The WorldTeach Hunan Program was established to bring volunteer English teachers to a broader range of students through the Province’s public schools.
Read the complete news item here: http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=106228