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Code Switch - 2 views

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    In linguistics, "code-switching" means mixing languages or patterns of speech in conversation. But this NPR blog looks at code-switching a little more broadly.
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New Suburban Dream Born of Asia and Southern California - 0 views

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    Asians now the largest immigrant group in Southern California. NYT
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Enduring Voices Project - 0 views

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    NatGeo site with lots of links
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Enduring Voices - 0 views

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    Youtube channel devoted to endangered languages
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Can we save the world's dying languages? - 0 views

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    BBC article. Technology can help to save dying languages.
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Indonesia to end teaching of English in primary schools - 2 views

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    The teaching of English in Indonesia's primary schools will end next year as the government attempts to reverse falling standards in Bahasa Indonesia
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Lobbying for English in Indonesia denies children mother-tongue education - 2 views

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    Indonesia's new primary school curriculum has been lambasted for 'dropping' English, but its real failure is to deny children in this multilingual nation a chance to learn in their mother tongue
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English or Hinglish? - 0 views

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    As local words creep into English, some fear that communication between India and the rest of the world could suffer
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A Code-Switching Tour Of L.A.'s Chinatown - 0 views

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    Calvin Ho, a graduate student at UCLA who studies immigrant communities, visualizes code-switching.
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What's it like to study Mandarin? - 1 views

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    Chinese isn't a language you absorb through osmosis (Blog)
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Endangered Languages - 1 views

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    UNESCO page has links to other pages, including: Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, Biodiversity and Linguistic Diversity, FAQs, etc.
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No English! - 1 views

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    My expat child doesn't want to speak my native language.(blog)
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How to be a good wife - 1 views

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    Article which discusses the authenticity of a 1950s article, 'The Good Wife's Guide' (snopes.com)
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The Internship: One long ad for Google? - 0 views

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    Product placement is nothing new - but a new film set in Google's headquarters takes it to new heights. Tom Brook looks at how movies can be vehicles for marketing messages.
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BBC News - Kosal Khiev's journey from prison to poetry - 0 views

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    Poet Kosal Khiev has performed at the London 2012 Olympics, but first discovered poetry in solitary confinement in a US prison. He shares his story with the BBC's Helier Cheung.
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Foreign - A poem by Hollie McNish - YouTube - 0 views

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    Spoken word about those who complain about 'foreigners'
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