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Modern Languages Blog

Archive for August, 2006

Leaders back calls for Scots to be taught Mandarin

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Education and business chiefs in
Glasgow have backed calls for Chinese
languages to be taught in Scots schools and universities. For more on this, see the article in the Evening Times.

BBC video course for adults good for kids, too

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With the surge in adult learning post-World Cup, the BBC is adding to the frenzy with its latest offering, Ma France. The Flash-based internet tool provides video with English and/or French subtitles on a wide range of subjects and at varying degrees of difficulty. The videos are a good length (from 3 to 7 minutes) and provide good, beefy listening for students needing more of a challenge.