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A. Anderson - Helium." Helium - Where Knowledge Rules. Web. 03 Feb. 2011.
The purpose of this text is to express the importance of one learning a foreign language in the 21 century. This text talks about why our world seems smaller now and is more global. Talks about our global economy and how some businesses require employees to speak one or more different languages. The article also talks about how it is inevitable for a person that is involved in political affairs to know more than one language. I think one of the most important parts is the fact that this article also mentions the fact that in most US schools foreign languages are usually only an elective subject and are not always required. The intended audience for this article are anyone involved with education, global companies, and anyone interested in learning another language. This text goes with my blog of wanting more languages to be available to WVU students.Especially the part where the text talk about Americas global economy.
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Harris, Carrie. "The Importance of Foreign Language in Business, Page 2 of 2." Associated Content from Yahoo! - Associatedcontent.com. 05 May 2008. Web. 03 Feb. 2011.
The purpose of this article is to express the importance of knowing a foreign language if you want to work with or in a business. This article talks about why you need to know different languages when you are running or working for a business. The author of this article even lists some businesses and companies that require people to learn a foreign language. I found that list very important to my blog. It goes to show how important it is for students to learn another language if they want to work in certain fields. The intended audience for this article would be businesses and companies, people wanting to work in these fields, and anyone who wants to learn another language.
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Dillian, Sam. "Foreign Languages Fade in Class — Except Chinese." The New York Times 21 Jan. 2010: 18. Print.
The purpose of this article is to tell how the Chinese government is sending teachers to teach Chinese all over the globe. This article talks about how in most schools foreign language is fading. This article states how the Chinese government is willing to pay for other countries to learn their language. This article also mentions how the Advanced Placement Test in Chinese has been increasing. It said that the number of placement tests taken that it almost passed German as the third most taken Advanced Placement Test. The intended audience for this article would be anyone who works with education, government officials, companies, and students. This article relates to my blog by explaining how important it is to other countries to have their language being learned by others. Also if China is willing to pay to have their language to be taught then maybe other countries are willing to. This could help bring in more languages to WVU.
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Gorski, Eric. "More Students in College Study Foreign Languages - The Boston Globe." Boston.com. 09 Dec. 2010. Web. 03 Feb. 2011.
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Gorski, Eric. "More Students in College Study Foreign Languages - The Boston Globe." Boston.com. 09 Dec. 2010. Web. 03 Feb. 2011.
The purpose of this article is to inform people of the increasing students that want to take foreign language course in college. The article talks budget cuts in the Foreign Language Department in colleges. But even with the budget cuts the number of students enrolling in language courses keeps increasing. The audience intended for this article would be Colleges, government officials that would like to donate to the Foreign Language Departments, and students that are interested in Languages. This article relates to my blog by stating the growing interest of learning different languages in college students. This article states the growing interests in languages that WVU does not have yet which also goes with my blog.
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“Will Americans Really Learn Chinese?” New York Times, 7 Feb. 210: http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/will-americans-really-learn-chinese/
This explains language fads that we had in the past like Japanese in the 1980’s and Russian during the cold war. But the fads came and went. Chinese is the new Language fad thanks to the aid from the Chinese government. Is the boom in Chinese language going to last? If you are interested in foreign language and want Americans’ inadequacy in foreign language to stop visit this site and add on to the debate. How this site wants to stop American’s inadequacy in foreign language is exactly what my blog is hoping to do.
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“Will Americans Really Learn Chinese?” New York Times, 7 Feb. 210: http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/will-americans-really-learn-chinese/
This explains language fads that we had in the past like Japanese in the 1980’s and Russian during the cold war. But the fads came and went. Chinese is the new Language fad thanks to the aid from the Chinese government. Is the boom in Chinese language going to last? If you are interested in foreign language and want Americans’ inadequacy in foreign language to stop visit this site and add on to the debate. How this site wants to stop American’s inadequacy in foreign language is exactly what my blog is hoping to do.
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“Guest-Teaching Chinese, and Learning America,” New York Times, 9 May 201: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/education/10teacher.htmlThis article talks about one of the 325 guest teachers that were sent over to America from China. She was sent over here to help spread the Chinese language. She is not only teaching the Chinese language and culture to American students but she is learning more and more about American culture everyday. In the article she even explains some of the differences between China’s education system and Americas. If you are interested in foreign languages or wondering about what its like to teach in your language in a foreign country this article will defiantly spark your interest. This article goes along great with my blog by how China is willing to pay to spread their language. So are other countries willing too? WVU should try and find this out.
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Preidt, Robert. “Bilingual People More Adept at Learning Third Language.” Business Week- Business News, Stock Market & Financial Advice. 04 Feb. 2011. Web. 22 Feb. 2011. Is it easier to learn a third language if you already fluent in two languages? Well This article believes it to be true. A new study shows that the a group of students that knew two languages were able to learn the third language a lot faster and easier then the group of students who knew only one language. If you are in interested in learning foreign language or teaching it this article will defiantly spark some interest. This article is perfect for my blog by showing WVU yet another reason why they should bring more languages in.
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Kellerhals Jr., Merle David. “New Trade Agreement Will Help South Korea Grow Its Economy.” America- Engaging the World- America.gov. 06. Dec. 2010. Web. 15 Feb. 2011This article explains how this new trade agreement with South Korea will not only help Americans’ economy but it will also help South Korea’s. New Jobs in both countries are expected and it will help Americas export goods to increase. Learning the Korean language and culture is now more then ever a good idea to do. If you are interested in politics, foreign relations, foreign language, or world news this article is right for you. This article helps my blog prove why learning Korean will be a good idea for ones future.
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"NAFSA | About | Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization." NAFSA | Home. Web. 31 Mar. 2011.
This article talks about the Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization. The award is given to a select few colleges and universities that recognizes institutions for overall excellence in internationalization efforts. West Virginia University has yet to win this award. If you are interested in foreign language or would like to help nominate WVU to win this award please visit this site. This article helps my blog by it awarding certain colleges and universities that have strong international efforts.
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"Language Funding in Jeopardy." Asia Society. 2011. Web. 31 Mar. 2011.
This article talks about U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a proposal, HR 1, that amongst other things take away the Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) within the Department of Education.FLAP is the only funding for K-12 foreign language innovation and best practices. The $26.9 million in funding are being used to develop programs in critical languages to help support our economic and national security interests and prepare our graduates to compete in the 21st century. If you are interested in the U.S.'s education of foreign language and want to know more about FLAP and about the proposal please go to this site. This article helps my blog by informing viewers of the possible elimination of funding that our country needs.
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"Boren Awards: Scholarships and Fellowships for Undergraduate and Graduate Study Abroad, Language Study, and International Research | Boren Scholarships." Boren Awards: Scholarships and Fellowships for Undergraduate and Graduate Study Abroad, Language Study, and International Research | Home. 2011. Web. 31 Mar. 2011.This article explains Boren Scholarships that are awarded to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in countries that are critical to the U.S. The scholarship can award up to 20,000 dollars to undergraduate students. Students with this scholarship can study abroad and learn new culture and languages. If you wish to see what countries and languages are offered please see this site. Also if wish to see if you could qualifies for this award or would like help donate to the organization please see this site. This article helps my blog by providing students money to help expand their minds and hearts.
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"First Lady, Students Call for US-China Exchange." Asia Society. 2011. Web. 31 Mar. 2011.
In This article Michele Obama talks about how students studying abroad help make America stronger.
Asia Society’s Confucius Classrooms was talked about in this article because the organizations strong commitment to building an educational partnership with schools in China, supporting their students in learning Chinese, and sending them to study in China. They are sending kids. If you are interested in foreign language or seeing America's students learn more about the world please see this article. This article goes with my blog by informing people on some of the ways our country is trying to teach our students about other cultures.
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Shaner, Cassie. "'West Virginia waking up to the world': Number of students studying abroad continues to rise." Dominion Post, The (Morgantown, WV) 30 Sept. 2009: Newspaper Source. EBSCO. Web. 27 Apr. 2011.
In this article tells about how much of an increase WVU has had with their students going to study abroad. In the year 2008-09 the percent of students going to study abroad went up about 18.6 percent more than the previous year. The article talks about some of the various programs has for studying abroad and also some students quotes that have gone abroad. If you attended WVU or just like the thought of students getting to learn a new culture and language please read this article.This article relates to my blog by showing how much WVU students have an interest in foreign languages and that interests keeps growing. To satisfy the interest we should obtain more variety to quench the students hunger for language knowledge.
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Uuçİşisağ, Korkut. "The Acceptance and Recognition of Cultural Diversity in Foreign Language Teaching." Journal of Gazi Academic View 4.7 (2010): 251-260. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 27 Apr. 2011.
This article talks about the importance of learning another language and their Diversity. The article is in Turkish but it is also translated into English so it is very reader friendly for either language speaker.I really appreciated this article as I was reading it.What may be considered an appropriate act in a culture may not be considered so in another because when two or more people from diverse cultures try to communicate with each other, problems may arise due to their differing personal and social lives , customs and traditions, world views and so on. This is a huge issue and a reason to learn different languages and cultures that people don't always think about. If you are interested in foreign language, culture, or interactions between countries this article is beautiful written and will touch you with its reasoning. This article goes hand and hand with my blog because its main topic of how learning another language or culture is so important is why i am trying to get more languages available for WVU's students.
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Murray, Bokyung. "Students' Language Learning Strategy Use and Achievement in the Korean as a Foreign Language Classroom." Foreign Language Annals 43.4 (2010): 624-634. MLA International Bibliography. EBSCO. Web. 27 Apr. 2011.
This article talks about a study that was done that tested the relationship between student strategy use and the
development of proficiency in a Korean as a Foreign Language classroom. They used 66 native English speakers that are learning the Korean Language. The main question asked in this article is why some learners do so much better and find it easier than others to learn another language, and what separates the good learner from the unsuccessful learner. This article is good if you wanted to learn a new language or if you want to improve you teaching skills. This article relates to my blog because it talks about teaching a foreign language that WVU doesn't have and how it can be taught effectively.
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"National Standards for Foreign Language Education - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages." Home - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. <http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3392>.
This article talks about the national standards of foreign language education, ACTFL (American council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages). This visionary document has been used by teachers, administrators, and curriculum developers at both state and local levels to begin to improve foreign language education in our nation's schools. If you are interested in foreign language or are a teacher of foreign language this article is right for you. This article relates to my blog because it shows what all each language has to have to be able to be taught.
