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Published by A Channel NewsAsia, March 27, 2015 Minister of State for Education and Communications and Information Sim Ann says bilingualism was the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew's most bold, radical and controversial policy, but it has paid off. 
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Published by Phys.org, February 2, 2015 New research by the University of Oxford shows that children classified as EAL (English as an Additional Language) usually catch up with their peers in their school attainment by the time they are 16.
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Published by the South China Morning Post, January 26, 3-15 Two public schools have stepped up to the challenge of providing cost-effective options for bilingual learning
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Published by the Montreal Gazette, January 7, 2015 Chris Eustace writes: "A fully bilingual Montreal education system would offer more opportunities for our youth by producing employable graduates which would help boost Quebec's stagnant economy." ... "In 2015, let’s put politics aside. The Ministry of Education should consider bilingual schools as an investment not only for Montreal, but also for Quebec."
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How can schools and communities better value and develop the skills of bilingual children? Our experts share their thoughts
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Published by the Guardian, December 2, 2014
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Published by MLive, November 19, 2014 Detroit Public Schools will further expand offerings to bilingual students and families.
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Published by the University of Cambridge, undated 2014 Research shows that children who speak more than one language have an advantage over their monolingual playmates when it comes to communication, understanding and social interaction. But the benefits go even further if children can be encouraged to take a formal qualification, such as a GCSE, as this short film describes.
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Published by The Guardian, November 7, 2014
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Published by Indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com, October 18, 2014 Something of the sentiment and thrust current in the American Indian/Indigenous world of the Americas was evident in a recent session in Lima, Peru. It wasn’t the United Nations in New York but, in its own way, it was multinational and thus international. Via Charles Tiayon
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Published by The Telegraph, October 10, 2014 Our European neighbours shame us by their ability to converse in English. The Government would like that to be a thing of the past. So would Catherine Ford, head teacher of multilingual Moreton First Prep School.
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Published by Euronews, September 25, 2014 Teaching of Spanish in Europe’s secondary schools has enjoyed a ‘remarkable increase’, new figures reveal.
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Published by the Guardian, September 9, 2014 The number of UK students taking GCSEs in a foreign language rose 17% last summer, a turnaround welcomed by educationalists, who warned that interest in the subject area had plummeted over the past decade. Of the three main language GCSEs studied in UK schools, Spanish is the only one to be increasing in popularity year-on-year since 2011: while entries to French and German this summer remained steady, Spanish continued to soar. The number of students taking the subject is up by almost a third on 2012.
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Published by the British Broadcasting Service, September 5, 2014 A network of foreign language teaching hubs is to be set up across England to boost the language skills of teachers. It follows fears that many teachers do not have the skills to implement the new curriculum which requires foreign language teaching in primary schools.
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Published by the South China Morning Post, February 23, 2015
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Published by EnglishEastday.com, January, 2015 Thomas Friedman's proposition that the world is flat came true for Delaware students when the governor signed on to an overseas study program with a Chinese company. Governor Jack Markell announced a China summer abroad program for high school students studying Mandarin earlier this month, signing an agreement with Wanxiang Group, China's leading auto parts manufacturer, for students to study at the company's facility in Hangzhou, China. "Graduates who enter the job market without the ability to speak a world language other than English are at a significant disadvantage," said Markell. "And there is no better way to become immersed in another language and culture than to live it." It is not a one-time action for Delaware. .
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Published by The New Zealand Herald, January 15, 2015 New Zealand's monolingualism could inhibit our chances of becoming a more globally responsive nation, according to AUT's Associate Professor Sharon Harvey.
She believes that the globalised nature of contemporary society means multilingualism is of greater social, cultural or economical value than ever before. "It helps us stand in the shoes of the other, to develop international competency and to operate effectively in a global society," she says. Harvey says young people overseas are learning two and more languages: "Why are we short-changing New Zealand young people? Ideally, New Zealand students should be leaving secondary school with high level achievement in Maori, English and one other language. In as many cases as possible, one of these languages should be a students' home language."
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Published by Ynet news.com, January 2, 2015 The Hand in Hand bilingual schools teach two languages, two cultures, and three religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Each classroom has two teachers, one who teaches in Hebrew and the other in Arabic.
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Published by the Telegraph, November 20, 2014 "To have another language is to possess a second soul." So said Charlemagne.
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Published by the Language Magazine, November, 2014The British government, in recognition of the value of language learning in early childhood, took a bold step this year and mandated compulsory teaching of a second language for children ages seven to eleven in English primary [elementary] schools. As of this September, all primary school students are required to study one of seven languages, and though the most popular choice is French, followed by Spanish, some schools offer Mandarin and Arabic. Many believe that this move is essential for the UK to remain competitive with its European counterparts. This is clearly a commendable move, but is it an incredible advance or a wildly optimistic plan? How will the schools actually implement this, and is there support in place to see this plan comes to successful fruition?
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Published by Telesur, November 6, 2014 A new program in Bolivia will teach elementary school teachers to provide multilingual instruction to students in Spanish, a local indigenous language, and English.
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Published by Language Magazine, November 3, 2014 The British government, in recognition of the value of language learning in early childhood, took a bold step this year and mandated compulsory teaching of a second language for children ages seven to eleven in English primary [elementary] schools. As of this September, all primary school students are required to study one of seven languages, and though the most popular choice is French, followed by Spanish, some schools offer Mandarin and Arabic. Many believe that this move is essential for the UK to remain competitive with its European counterparts. This is clearly a commendable move, but is it an incredible advance or a wildly optimistic plan? How will the schools actually implement this, and is there support in place to see this plan comes to successful fruition?
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People living in Scotland are set to benefit from a new centre that will encourage and support speaking more than one language.
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Published by the Times Colonist,October 5,2014 Forty years after its introduction, Canada’s nationalist concept of bilingualism will inevitably transform into an international concept. Learning any second language will increase a child’s . . .
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Published by the Tengri News, September 10, 2014 The European Commission's most recent survey, dating to 2006, showed 56 percent of Spaniards spoke no second language. Five other EU countries ranked worse: Ireland, Britain, Italy, Hungary and Poland. But with its huge tourism industry and millions of foreign visitors each year, some argued that Spain had no excuse.
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Published in the Independent, September 9, 2014 (United Kingdom) Spanish will replace French as the most popular foreign language in schools, the head of the country’s biggest exam board said today.
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This eulogy of Singapore's founder, Lew Kuan Yew, is a must-read about an incredible social & government leader. His legacy lives on in Singapore schools. Bilingualism is a tremendous asset in civil society, education, and economic development.