There's More to Language Than Speaking - Room for Debate. Anthony Jackson is vice president for education at the Asia Society and leads the society’s Partnership for Global Learning, a national membership network of practitioners and policymakers dedicated to integrating knowledge about Asia and the world as a mainstay of American education.
Yes, collaborative experiences, international exchange and technology, as Lawrence Summers argues, should play increasingly important roles in education at all levels. But that doesn’t mean that learning languages other than English is less vital. Isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic608642.files//lang at harvard booklet 2011-12 online.pdf. Foreign Language Study: Good for Mind and Career. As society and our economies become increasingly global, bilingual—even multilingual—job candidates can edge out the competition.
According to a Chicago Tribune article, healthcare, education, and information technology are among several fields that will see a particular upsurge in the demand for professionals with fluency in a second language. In 2011, Bloomberg ranked the most useful languages for business (excluding English). Mandarin, which is spoken by 845 million, topped the list, followed by French and Arabic. The Benefits of Bilingualism.
Twenty-five Reasons to Study Foreign Languages - Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. ALG World. The wrong and right way to learn a foreign language - The Answer Sheet. This was written by linguist Stephen Krashen, professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, is an educational researcher and activist.
He has written hundreds of articles and books in the fields of second language acquisition, bilingual education, and reading. By Stephen Krashen In a recent issue of the Washington Post Express, Andrew Eil, a staffer who works at the U.S. State Department on international climate change, recommends that foreign language students start with “boot camp:” Study grammar very hard, drill vocabulary every day, and force yourself to talk. 8 Reasons You Shouldn't Take a (Spanish) Class - The Language Dojo. People seem to argue that the only way to learn a language is to either go to the country where they speak it itself, or by attending a class.
Colleges strive to make foreign languages relevant. Timothy A.
Bennett strives toward a new vision for the foreign language department. "You can think of a university as a little continent full of different kingdoms," said Bennett, chair of the foreign languages and literatures department at Wittenberg University, a Lutheran liberal arts college in Ohio. "I'd prefer that language departments suffused the curriculum rather than just be another kingdom among many kingdoms. " To that end, Wittenberg's language department has revised its own intermediate-level language classes — making them more interdisciplinary in nature — and has spread outward across the university in the form of a new "Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum" (CLAC) program. In making these recent changes — with the help of a two-year, $179,000 grant from the U.S. "The traditional study of language and literature really wasn't addressing the current generation," Bennett said.
"The point is not to make it into a language class," said Bennett. Making foreign languages relevant. I'm a High School Student and Suck at Spanish - The Language Dojo. Most of my readers are either college students (like me), teachers or working people that just want to learn Spanish.
I never thought there was another important group of readers. Today’s advice is going to be useful for college students and people that take classes as well, but it’s specifically written for high school students. So… hey mate. What’s up? Going through a tough time, aren’t you? And worst of all; the government, your parents and school force you to learn some dumb language.
No, I’m not going to teach you any Spanish, simply because I think you are kind of right. So here’s my advice. Demand funThe biggest problem with classes is that there is no fun. Demand The Simpsons in Spanish. You’re supposed to learn something, right? Ask questionsDon’t you just sit in class doing nothing. Now, personally I’m a bit allergic to studying grammar and investigating how every tiny thing the Spanish language works, but that’s not the only thing you can ask. So ask for context. Why Learn Spanish? Who's learning Spanish these days?
For starters, residents of the United States, a bunch not known for conquering monoligualism, are studying Spanish in record numbers. Spanish, too, is becoming of greater importance in Europe, where it often is the foreign language of choice after English. 20 Quotes for Foreign Language Learners. Kicking off the New Year with 20 quotes dedicated to the excitement and wonder that a new language brings about.
“Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.” ‒Rita Mae Brown. Making Spanish relevant. Two things that I have really strived for this year is to incorporate more comprehensible input in every class as well as personalizing what we are learning to make it more relevant.
The Real Reasons for Learning Languages - Christopherus Homeschool Resources.