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[MLE] FW: Sheldon's articles in the Bangkok Post on minority languages

Dear MLE interest group, Sheldon Shaeffer was one of the key-note speakers at the Mysore MLE workshop in October 06. He is Director of Unesco Asia and Pacific. He wrote the attached clear and appealing article for the Bangkok post. Even though focussed on Thailand the content is very relevant to India too.
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[MLE] "Bilingual pupils do better in exams, report finds" (UK)

Dear MLE Interest group, Below an encouraging study!
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[MLE] UNESCO's Task Force on Languages and Multilingualism

Dear Interest group, It seems the interest in MLE from the international community is still on the rise. Read below about a new task force set up within UNESCO on Languages and Multilingualism. The official Unesco info on that you can find on http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=34836&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html
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[MLE] Progress report: Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Dear MLE Interest group, Several of you are involved in advocacy for indigenous people groups. In such cases it is nice to have the back-up of international high level documents.
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[MLE] Indian row over English teaching (2)

Dear MLE Interest group, Prof Rajesh Sachdeva of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) informed us below of the CIIL response to this discussion.
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