About the ..., ¶1
Paul Beaufait's List: Language Policy
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Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a comprehensive reference work cataloging all of the world’s known living languages
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are organized by world area, UN region, and country
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indicate region of use within countries
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list alternate language and dialect names
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specify the three-letter code from ISO 639-3
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estimate speaker populations
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give genetic classification of the language
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describe language use and viability
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identify writing scripts used
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cite availability of literature and other products of language development
Language descriptions in the Ethnologue
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About the ..., ¶3
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Feb 21, 13
This is a 13 page summary. "The full report is available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/languages/eslc/docs/en". -
Feb 21, 13
"Languages: The State of the Nation presents both a longitudinal perspective on the UK’s supply of graduates with high language competencies into the labour market and future-scoping of emerging strategic needs. It highlights a ‘vicious cycle of monolingualism’, which in turn is causing market failure in the demand and supply of skilled linguists across all sectors of the UK economy."
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Jun 25, 12
"BANGALORE: In an effort to minimize rural-urban divide, the BJP-ruled government in Karnataka on Tuesday said it would positively consider the demand to open more English medium schools in the rural parts of the state." (retrieved 2012.06.22)
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May 02, 12
"More and more multinational companies are mandating English as the common corporate language ... in an attempt to facilitate communication and performance across geographically diverse functions and business endeavors" (Neeley, ¶1).
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Mar 15, 12
"The state government is planning to introduce spoken English lessons from Class I. The education department has roped in British Council for the purpose" (deck, ¶1, retrieved 2012.03.15)
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Aug 19, 11
Angela Pascopella reported on U.S. school district and national measures "to address surging ELL enrollment—and dropout rate[s]" (deck).
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Between 1979 and 2008, the number of school-age children (ages 5-17) in the United States who spoke a language other than English at home increased from 3.8 to 10.9 million, or from 9 to 21 percent of the population in this age range, according to the latest figures from the National Center on Education Statistics (NCES).
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Perhaps one of the greatest examples of inequity lies in a joint investigation of the Department of Justice and the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights that revealed last October that Boston Public Schools had failed to properly identify and adequately serve thousands of ELLs since 2003 as required by the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Feb 17, 11
"[L]anguage education policy [in Korea] needs greater coordination so that it can effectively promote individual development and the national interest" (¶1).
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Jul 15, 10
Presents English language learning targets for broad segments of the Chinese populace, leading up to and extending beyond the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing; announce English website for Beijing
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Jul 14, 10
Discusses prospects for employees of large Japanese retail firms having to learn English to keep their jobs and compete in international markets, in some cases without support from employers
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Mar 04, 10
September 2, 2002
... about an international conference to standardize the names of cities, countries, and other features of the landscape. -
Mar 04, 10
August 19, 2002: Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is out to cleanse the Japanese language of English influences. ...
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