Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5716 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 1 of 3 30 November 2010 at 9:59pm | IP Logged |
Attached is a link to an article concerning the "World Language Academy" - an elementary/middle school dual immersion, world language-focussed learning enviroment. I note that the article refers to the school having phased out the Rosetta Stone learning materials.
So, no more slagging the yanks for being too unilingual!
world language academy article
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Kounotori Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5104 days ago 136 posts - 264 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Russian Studies: Mandarin
| Message 2 of 3 30 November 2010 at 10:34pm | IP Logged |
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Sally Krisel, Rigor specialist for Hall County, said students used a software learning-language program called Rosetta Stone to study Mandarin and Spanish. However, the program wasn't as rigorous as school leaders had hoped, Krisel said. |
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Really now?
If a Finnish school used Rosetta Stone to teach a language I'd take my child out immediately and never look back. Simply terrible.
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Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6863 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
| Message 3 of 3 01 December 2010 at 8:44am | IP Logged |
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However, the program wasn't as rigorous as school leaders had hoped, Krisel said. |
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Aahh, the power of understatement...
As I write this, I am even now preparing the papers to launch my new Galactic Language Academy here in the also-desperately-unilingual U of K.
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