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Article: NATIVE CHINESE TEACHERS VISIT AUGUSTA BEFORE HEADING TO MAINE CLASSROOMS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 18, 2008
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The Maine Department of Education issued the following news release:
As the Olympics are drawing to a close back home, eight teachers from China (and one from Spain) spent Monday in Augusta preparing to teach their language and culture to Maine middle and high school students. The native speakers are in Maine as part of a nationwide and Maine push to increase teaching of world languages to prepare students to communicate in an increasingly small world.
The teachers met with Gov. John Baldacci in his office and later attended a tea at the Blaine House with First Lady Karen Baldacci and Education Commissioner Susan A. Gendron.
The new contingent of Chinese teachers brings the number of Maine ...
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Article: Asian Experts Meet to Promote Chinese Language Education
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