[Magdalen] 50 - 50

Roger Stokes roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
Sun Jun 7 22:40:17 UTC 2015


Thatr is certainly the only practical way.

On 07/06/2015 23:32, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> Best to place a very high priority on gaining English proficiency, reading,
> writing and speaking.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 07/06/2015 22:30, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>>
>>> On the front page of the local (Hazleton, PA) Sunday paper there was  an
>>> article about the current state of languages dominating the school
>>> system.
>>>    Though the city primary schools had up and down percentages based
>>> on their location, the local high school is now 50 - 50 Spanish -
>>> English.
>>>    That is, 50% of students said their first language was Spanish, and
>>> 50% said English.  Those who spoke both languages were included  among
>>> the Spanish totals.
>>>    There are a lot of services available in English and Spanish, and the
>>> going
>>> rate for bilingual interpreters is $31/hour.
>>>    As I understand it, the teaching continues to be primarily in  English.
>>>
>> This is a very real problem here in England.  For a time there was an
>> attempt to offer hospitality by providing forms in numerous foreign
>> languages.  The problem is that the number of languages has nushroomed.  In
>> this relatively small town it is estimated that there are over 100 native
>> alnguages.  Certainly I know in one small (roll 140) school there are 20
>> mother tongues.  In such a situation there has to be a single language for
>> teaching and English is the obvious one.
>>
>> Roger
>>



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