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[MLE] Indian row over English teaching

Dear MLE interest group, For those of you who do not have an Indian newspaper you might not be aware of this interesting controversy in Karnataka, one of the southern states in India.

[MLE] Google launches literacy portal

Dear Interest group, For those who like browsing, Google launched a literacy portal. It is easy to take look: www.google.com/literacy .

[MLE] "Interfaces in Multilingualism" (book)

Dear MLE Interest group, The more scholarly folks among us might be interested in the below announcement of a Research Center on Multilingualism at the Univeristy of Hamburg. Look at the details at http://linguistlist.org/issues/10/10-748.html The folks of that instutute wrote a book "Interfaces in Multilingualism" which is discussed below.

[MLE] id21EducationNews 42; FOCUS ON: Mother tongue education

Dear MLE interest group., id21EducationNews is a free electronic newsletter. You can  read more about this newsletter at the bottom of the text. The below issue is totally focussed on MLE which means it contains about 10 short articles about the topic. Some of these articles have been distributed to you through this mailing list in other occasions. The newsletter gives only a brief abstract of the papers. To actually get the paper you have to send an e-mail or click on the given link below the abstract.

[MLE] FW: India: two messages

Dear Interest group, I suppose most of you have been following the discussions in Karnataka on the issue of medium of instruction. Just in case you missed it, below are two brief articles on the issue.

[MLE] [Literacy] Global Literacy, Build Free Societies Through Literacy

Dear MLE Interest group, From the below I understand that India will be represented at a consultation on literacy organised by the first lady of the US. Read on if you want more details.

[MLE] FW: Primary education in India

Dear MLE Interest Group, Attached is some background reading. Primary Education in India Prospects of Meeting the MDG Target Sonia Bhalotra and Bernarda Zamora A quote from the conclusion: Putting the fairly positive results for attendance together with the worrying results for completion rates serves to highlight the importance of late entry and dropout. It suggests that the causes of late entry and dropout are not to be found amongst variables conventionally analysed – such as household wealth, distance to school or maternal education. This is an area that merits further exploration.