Topic: Language and Linguistics
Australia tightens skilled migration rules
AP News
Australia tightens migration rules to favor English-language skills and professionalsAustralia tightened its migration rules Monday in favor of English speakers and professionals, saying the country has been attracting too many hairdressers and cooks and too few doctors and engineers. Immigration Minister Chris Evans blamed the overrepresentation of lower skilled immigrants ...
US colleges court Hispanic families using espanol
AP News
Habla espanol? Northeast colleges courting Hispanic families with Web sites, forms in SpanishFor some Hispanic students, navigating the college application process can be a double-whammy: Balancing high school coursework with essays and interviews, and then translating the whole system for their parents, who don't speak English. Some venerable East ...
Youngsters in Spanish-speaking homes watch less TV
Reuters US Online Report Health News
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young Latino children whose mothers speak Spanish watch less television than their peers with English-speaking moms, a new study shows. The findings have important implications for efforts aimed at helping reduce TV watching among Latino kids, Dr. Darcy A. Thompson of the Johns Hopkins University School ...
Hispanic media outreach for Haiti unprecedented
AP News
With Haiti outreach, Hispanic media take up mantle of advocate, long an English-only roleAs horrific images of Haiti flashed across the screens, murmurs of recognition floated through the audience at Univision Network's live celebrity telethon, many people nodding as they recalled disasters in their native countries. To drive the ...
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