Why Teaching English in a “Small Town” is the Best Way to Launch Your Career in China
Guest Blogger Leslie Forman describes why teaching English in China is the best way to launch your job in China.
Read MoreGo Global! Don’t Underestimate Foreign Language Learning
Beth Cubanski writes about the important role foreign language learning has played in her life so far and her exchange student experience while still in high school. She’s currently a freshman at American U in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreCongress Should Stop Cutting Education: Foreign Language Programs Matter
As Congress moves to cut the Federal budget, our children will suffer again as Education takes another hit, including foreign language learning.
Read MorePardon My French, We’re Teaching the Wrong Languages
An interesting POV in WSJ on which languages to teach/learn and how for tomorrow’s success. Hint: It’s not French.
Read MoreRecent Grad Shares Tips for Successful Study Abroad
Guest blogger Kelly Loughlin, a recent graduate now living and working in San Francisco, advises students on the ins and outs of the important study abroad experience.
Read MoreIt’s Common Sense: American Kids Need to Learn Foreign Languages
Guest blogger Laura Cubanski, lawyer and mother of three, provides her perspective on the importance of American students learning foreign language.
Read MoreNo More Cuts! Keep Foreign Language Learning in Schools!
Global is everywhere today. You can hardly turn on the news or read an op-ed without hearing how our world is growing more crowded and interconnected. Yet I was dismayed to read a troubling piece in Sunday’s New York Times about foreign language suffering cuts yet again in elementary schools around the country this fall. In this day and age, American […]
Read MoreWhat We Need is a Cultural Language Revolution
The United States may be the only industrialized nation in the world where it’s possible to complete secondary and post-secondary education without any foreign language study whatsoever. Although most high schools and colleges/universities sometimes require one or two years of foreign language study for graduation, this small effort won’t suffice if our students are to […]
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