Arizona English-fluency case may have wide repercussions - Los Angeles Times
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 Los Angeles Times | Arizona English-fluency case may have wide repercussions Los Angeles Times A ruling that an activist's language skills are insufficient for a City Council seat unsettles border towns where Spanish is used in day-to-day life. An appeal is before the state Supreme Court. Alejandrina Cabrera is running for City Council in San ... Arizona candidate says English challenge an abuse of power Candidate barred for lack of English proficiency files appeal COLUMN — The need for a bilingual America |
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More than 300 students learning English in locally - Opelika Auburn News
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More than 300 students learning English in locally Opelika Auburn News Jaqueline Orozco and Eugenio Morales, second graders in Loachapoka Elementary's EL program, practice forming sentences with English words during class. Luis Alberto Acosta, a 16-year-old from the Dominican Republic, moved to America four months ago ... ESL needs grow in Waynesboro |
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Church teaches English, welcomes Asian students - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Church teaches English, welcomes Asian students Rochester Democrat and Chronicle ADRIAN KRAUS HENRIETTA — Casually gathered at rectangular tables in one of Ridgeland Community Church's recreation rooms, Chinese student Yang Yu summed up his and his colleagues' English language abilities. "We don't speak good English," said Yu, ... |
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Donald L. Gilleland: English should be U.S. national language; let's finally ... - TCPalm
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 gulfnews.com | Donald L. Gilleland: English should be U.S. national language; let's finally ... TCPalm Press 1 for English. Does that make sense in an English-speaking country? We may be the only place in the world where citizens have to press 1 to hear a message in their own language. For 236 years English has been the principal language spoken in the ... English as the Official Language of the US Do we really need foreign language skills to flourish? Learning Foreign Languages: It's Not Over Yet |
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Councilman wants to make English Arundel's official language - Baltimore Sun
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 CBS Local | Councilman wants to make English Arundel's official language Baltimore Sun By Nicole Fuller, The Baltimore Sun County Councilman Jerry Walker plans to introduce a bill at Monday night's council meeting that would declare English the official language of Anne Arundel County. The Gambrills Republican said the bill is the first ... Councilman plans to introduce bill to make English official language of Anne ... |
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Many homes in Quincy, Weymouth and Randolph lack an English-speaking adult - Wicked Local
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Many homes in Quincy, Weymouth and Randolph lack an English-speaking adult Wicked Local By Chris Burrell Should the state invest more resources in helping legal immigrants to learn English more quickly? Lack of English language skills in some sections of Quincy, Randolph and Weymouth is so acute that nearly one in two households are ... |
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No force more powerful than English - The Hill (blog)
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No force more powerful than English The Hill (blog) A common language is the most powerful unifying force the world has ever known. It is more powerful than race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The unifying official language does not have to be English, yet we are fortunate the common language ... |
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English department reduces foreign language requirements - UNLV The Rebel Yell
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English department reduces foreign language requirements UNLV The Rebel Yell The English department has changed its foreign language requirements for undergraduate majors for the Fall 2012 catalog. Prior to the change, English majors were required to study four semesters of a foreign language or three semesters of a foreign ... |
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Hoekstra Super Bowl ad raises racial sensitivity questions with language ... - Washington Post
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Hoekstra Super Bowl ad raises racial sensitivity questions with language ... Washington Post The portrayal of a young Asian woman speaking broken English in a Super Bowl ad being run by US Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra against Michigan incumbent Debbie Stabenow is bringing charges of racial insensitivity. GOP consultant Nick De Leeuw flat-out ... |
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Two Most Boring Words in the English Language? "Twitter" & "Storm" - Mirror.co.uk (blog)
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Two Most Boring Words in the English Language? "Twitter" & "Storm" Mirror.co.uk (blog) By Kevin Maguire on February 6, 2012 4:30 PM | Permalink Another day, another Twitter Storm. This time over a Parliamentary researcher Tweeting Her Maj has been "scrounging benefits off the taxpayer" for 60 years. Not very funny or original. |
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