Tag: language
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Fascinating map shows most-spoken language in each state after English and Spanish – with some VERY surprising results
German is the most spoken, outside of English and Spanish, in 13 states- which is more than other language, according to US Census Bureau data. It is followed by French, Chinese, Portuguese and Arabic … Read Full Article
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Hmong Community Tells Clovis Schools Trustees: Don’t Cancel Our Language Classes
Share with friendsMore than 100 parents, students, and community activists — many wearing traditional Hmong clothing and necklaces — implored the Clovis Unified School Board on Wednesday not to allow … Read Full Article
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Sacramento has 7 dual-language grade schools. What happens when students go to junior high?
The classes are “interactive, age-appropriate, like a regular kindergarten class,” Quon said, ultimately helping her kids “grow up feeling like it’s okay to learn about their culture, feeling like … Read Full Article
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California educator teaches kids their native language. ‘You cannot find an app for Hmong’
It will provide adaptable lessons for teachers to build up their own Hmong lesson plans. She’s tackling a gap that exists across the U.S., where the language isn’t commonly taught and there’s a … Read Full Article
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Foreign language classes opened in Cao Bang province
A Chinese-language class has just been launched by Thi Hoa Border Post under the Cao Bang provincial Border Guard Command. Read Full Article
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School Backflips After Deeming Teacher’s Anti-Asian Slurs Harmless
Wausau School DistrictA Wisconsin teacher who allegedly used racist and homophobic language toward a high school student has resigned after a damning independent investigation overturned a previous … Read Full Article
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Hmong American Farmers Association’s land
A highway expansion project that had was going to take some of the Hmong American Farmers Association’s land is no longer a threat, thanks to language in the bonding bill passed by the Legislature. Read Full Article
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Want To Be A Bilingual Teacher In An Asian Language? There’s A Scholarship For That
California has allocated $5 million to reducing a shortage of Asian bilingual language programs, with about half the funds going to teacher development. Read Full Article
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St. Paul Hmong language schools to get new name
Two St. Paul schools dedicated to the teaching of Hmong language and culture will be two campuses under one new name — and it’s in Hmong. Txuj Ci HMong Language and Culture was the name selected … Read Full Article
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St. Paul district renames two schools as Txuj Ci HMong Language and Culture
St. Paul Public Schools has announced a new name for two schools that primarily serve Hmong-American students. Txuj Ci HMong Language and Culture will have an upper and lower campus, taking the place … Read Full Article
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Stockton Unified, where 45 languages are spoken at home, aims to aid Hmong, Cambodian families
That leaves behind at least 700 students who speak at home either Hmong or Khmer — the national language of Cambodia. They are the third and fourth most- spoken languages in the school district behind … Read Full Article
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Wausau plans Thomas Street homes, but process raises questions
But Monday’s meeting flyer is not translated into Hmong, despite a 12 percent linguistic isolation rate in the affected neighborhood, nor does the flyer contain language that complies with the … Read Full Article
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This dual immersion program in Fresno Unified is one of a kind — and seeing academic returns
Her classroom is one that’s home to Fresno Unified School District’s Hmong Dual Language Immersion program. It’s one of only a handful of similar learning opportunities in public school districts … Read Full Article
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A Dual Immersion Program That’s Unique—and Seeing Academic Returns
If you find yourself in Jenny Yang’s third-grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary in southeast Fresno, you’ll hear students recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the mornings in the Hmong language. When … Read Full Article
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Minneapolis tech company’s app optimizes foreign language learning, teaching
Even though Extempore is an app developed for foreign language learners and educators, its creators can quantify its importance with just some simple math. “Teachers have three classes of 30 students … Read Full Article