Check out this TED Talk video where ShaoLan teaches us how to read basic Chinese!
ShaoLan: Learn to read Chinese … with ease!
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Great TED Talk about how language can affect economy.
Keith Chen: Could your language affect your ability to save money?
Good news for foreign language students – the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts there will be 25,000 new jobs for translators by the year 2020.
http://www.salary.com/11-fastest-growing-jobs/slide/7/
From: Careerealism
In today’s interconnected world, it’s increasingly important for even the smallest business to have a global aspect. From a self-employed freelancer to a position with a major multi-international company, whatever career pathyou choose can only be aided by the ability to fluently use foreign languages.
Having a modern language degree means there will always be an outlet for you skills. Many employers will have vacancies suited to your own specialty, whether it be Mandarin, Spanish, or Russian. But what are some of the career options available? Visit the link below for the details.
http://www.careerealism.com/modern-language-degree/
From “Improving Mathematics Teaching” by James W. Stigler and James Hiebert
The Cultural Nature of Teaching
We concluded from our first study that teaching is a cultural activity: learned implicitly, hard to see from within the culture, and hard to change. We were struck by the homogeneity of teaching methods observed within each country and by the striking differences in methods we observed across Germany, Japan, and the United States. Even in the United States, a country with great diversity in language, ethnicity, and economic conditions and an education system controlled by local governing boards, the nationwide variation in 8th grade mathematics teaching was much smaller than we had expected.
Be sure to mark your calendar for the 2012 Italian Film Festival. Starting this Thursday September 20 and running through Sunday the 24, the annual film festival is screening 17 films under the genre of New Films.
For more information, visit the 2012 Italian Film Festival website at http://italianfilmfest.cofc.edu
Park Jae Sang, South Korean Hip Hop Artist, releases first new single in two years, Gangnam Style.
I love how Hip Hop is an international music style and that this song even rocks in Korean!
Check it out! Gangnam Style
This morning NPR’s Morning Edition offered a introduction in the origins of modern banking and international trade. Basically the Catholic Church said lending money was not allowed so the business people developed a work-around that ultimately funded the Italian Renaissance. What grabbed my attention was the interdependency of all these areas of thought and how they show up on our campuses as majors and minors.
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/31/145731770/in-italy-art-as-a-window-into-modern-banking