Language is power, to teach language is to empower.

eins/uno/un
zwei/dos/deux
drei/tres/trois
vier/quatro/quatre
fünf/cinco/cinq
sechs/seis/six
sieben/siete/sept
acht/ocho/huit
neun/nueve/neuf
zehn/diez/ dix 

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I have enjoyed this blogging experience more than I though I would. I’m am quite interested in foreign languages and their teaching methods. As I look back to my opening post, I realize that I concentrated not at all on the expression of complex ideas through writing in a second language as I [...]

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The quotes in this posts are from the article, “Learning the Language,” November 27th, 2007, by Mary Ann Zehr, found at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2007/11/presidential_candidates_views.html on December 2nd, 2007.
Again I find myself writing about politics when I don’t put forth much effort to follow them. I would, however, like to study up before the next election. [...]

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The quotes in this posts are from the article, “Language immersion has many meanings,” December 1st, 2007, by Valerie Strauss, found at http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/335111.html on December 2nd, 2007.
This article describes what, exactly, immersion programs are and what different types exist. It is important to note that these programs are not merely throwing students in an [...]

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The quotes in this post are from the article, “Busy Week for World Languages,” October 15th, 2007, by Michele Anciaux Aoki, found at http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/educationforaglobalage/archives/123668.asp?from=blog_last3 on October 21st, 2007.
I found this article quite interesting and informative. I’m not one to follow politics, but I’m glad to learn a bit about the current legislature of language [...]

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On October 5th, 2007, I attended the MCTE Fall Conference in Lansing. I found some of the things I learned there to be somewhat beneficial, but other things didn’t seem to apply to me. Overall I am glad that I went. I started out with strong doubts when the welcome speech began [...]

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The quotes in this post are from the article, “Bilingual Preschool Offers Best of Both Worlds,” October 20th, 2007, by Dawn Neuses, found at http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=359227 on October 21st, 2007.
This article describes a preschool that teaches Spanish speaking students with an ESL component.  It is an early start on second language acquisition, but starting early is [...]

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The quotes in this post are from the article, “Parents say school misread son’s ethnicity” Wednesday, October 17th, 2007, by Esmeralda Bermudez, found at http://www.oregonlive.com/education/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1192591534232800.xml&coll=7 on October 21st, 2007.
This article showed me an interesting aspect of bilingual education that I have not yet thought about. The article is summarized well by the following [...]

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The quotes from this post are from the article titled, Lessons learnt from languages, by Mike Baker, from the BBC News website Education section. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/4535364.stm
There is a growing idea that people who speak English need not learn other languages. It’s not just in the US, but in the UK as well. [...]

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The quotes from this post are from the article titled, English is foreign to more pupils, from the BBC News website Education section. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/5391960.stm
In thinking of ESL students, I usually think of them in a context of American schools. Because of that, I found this article particularly interesting. It appears that the [...]

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