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District 25 to offer foreign language classes for fee
Arlington Heights School District 25 is expected to offer elementary school students a weekly foreign language class for parents willing to pay to get more language instruction for their kids. Details of the new fee-based program, which is planned to...Tags: Students, Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning
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Peeving about peevers
The Baltimore SunI saw a remark the other day that the folks at Language Log are given to peeving about peevers, and it occurred to me afresh how much misunderstanding remains among evidently educated people about what linguists are up to when they expose bogus...Tags: Arts and Culture
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Central Middle School dropping Spanish from core curriculum
Starting this fall, Central Middle School will drop Spanish from its core group of classes for seventh- and eighth-graders and replace the subject with a language arts offering. For the past two years, seventh- and eighth-grade students at Central have...Tags: Students, Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning
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'Congressional hearings' help Howard students embrace the Constitution
Being called to a congressional hearing can be an intimidating experience for national leaders, business executives and even elected officials. But Gorman Crossing Elementary School fifth-grader Tobi Arewa is getting used to it. "At first when I am...
Tags: Students, Howard County, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Politics
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Klingon language of 'Star Trek' coming to Bing translator
Trekkies looking to translate the famous Klingon battle cry Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam! -- or any other phrase from the fictional alien race's language -- will soon have a new tool at their disposal. Starting on Tuesday, Bing, Microsoft Corp.'s Internet...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Star Trek (movie, 2009), Microsoft Corporation, Entertainment, Apple iPhone
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No one cares more
The Baltimore SunWhen I got my reviewer's copy of Bill Walsh's new book, Yes I Could Care Less: How to Be a Language Snob Without Being a Jerk (St. Martin's Griffin, 256 pages, $14.99), the book fell open to this passage: "You're free to talk back to your usage guides....Tags: David Foster Wallace, Arts and Culture, Pump Room
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Testy Foreign Language-Exchange Mars Academy Love-Fest
ReutersMay 05 (TheWrap.com) - Saturday's unprecedented three-city meeting of more than 1,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was a first for the Academy – and a virtual love-fest aside from tensions over foreign language nomination...Tags: Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Academy Awards, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ed Begley Jr.
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Glenridge Middle teacher to retire after 45-year-career
Sentinel School ZoneIn 45 years at Glenridge Middle School, Judy Lister has taught physical education, computers, creative writing and language arts. She taught language arts and history on a team working with at-risk eighth-graders, mentored beginning teachers,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Education
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Educator takes teaching Japanese to a new level
julieg@herald-mail.comAyako Shiga knows how difficult it can be to learn a foreign language. When she was growing up in Tokyo, she failed her first semester of English in middle school. During a break that semester, she went to visit her father in Australia and couldn’...Tags: Students, China Earthquake (2010), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Human Interest, Schools
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Business and Professional Women of Maryland to hold conference in Laurel
The Business and Professional Women of Maryland's annual conference is May 17 and 18 at the Holiday Inn Laurel-West, 15101 Sweitzer Lane. The theme of the conference is "The Power of YOU - Equality, Advocacy, Development!" Several conference events...Tags: Arts and Culture, Laurel, Glen Burnie, Prince George's County
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Boonsboro High's Japanese language teacher named Teacher of the Year
julieg@herald-mail.comAyako Shiga, the Japanese language teacher at Boonsboro High School, was named Washington County Public Schools’ 2013-14 Teacher of the Year on Wednesday night. “I truly feel honored to accept this award on behalf of all the teachers —...Tags: Students, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Schools, Arts and Culture, Public Schools
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County FFA public speaking contest results
Farm, Field and Garden CorrespondentStudents from the four different Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapters in Somerset County competed on March 14 during the county FFA Speech Contest held at Berlin Brethren Church. Berlin, Meyersdale, Somerset and Somerset County Technology Center...Tags: Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Parliament, The Pennsylvania State University
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