ASKING QUESTIONS, EXPLORING OPTIONS, CHANGING THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.
Filed Under: Cognate, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, False Cognates, innovation, Interlingua de Mexico, Language Learning Difficulty for English Speakers, True Cognate
Posted by: Carmen Jacobsen
What is the Foreign Service Institute? The Foreign Language Institute (FSI) is the branch of the US Department of State that teaches foreign languages to diplomats. So, what does the language difficulty ranking show us? What can we learn from it? Did you know Linguists say there are close to six thousand languages? This will be our Part II of Language Learning Curve.
Filed Under: REEP, Shelene Livas
Posted by: Shelene Livas
Last March I began a journey that was more than I ever could have imagined. As a member of Rice REEP’s 3rd cohort, I was given a platform to re-examine some of my views, apply newly acquired knowledge with my students and teammates, and showcase my personal interests and talents. Overall, I feel that the classes, activities and discussions were at times challenging and thought-provoking. However there were a couple of instances that really stood out.
Filed Under: Jacob Dwyer
Posted by: Jacob Dwyer
This post is going to be short, and it is going to be my last.
Over the course of this past year, I have been given so many wonderful and amazing blessings, and I sit here grateful as I type this. My time at Rice was only one of the many experiences that contributed to my senior experience.
For all the bashing and trash talk I have towards the education system in America, I want to close by saying this: all and all, I do actually support and approve the educational foundations of America. Sure there needs to be a little body work done, but that’s only to improve an already fantastic system.
We’ve got great teachers, great resources, and great minds, all working towards the central goal of making this world a better place. Overall, America is one of the few countries in the world where a great education can get you places based on merit alone, and I stand by that statement.
Regarding my personal education and experience, I plan to attend Texas A&M University to obtain a degree in Nuclear Engineering, and am super excited to be a part of the class of 2016. It’s a crazy chaotic time in my life, but I feel prepared for it.
I’m ready to write my next chapter.
As for the readers who are reading this, I would like to close by saying this:
Thank you so much.
I would not be here without you. It’s plain and simple: If no one is reading my posts, I would not be a writer for the REEP program, and here I am writing for the REEP program, so that implies someone out there reads my posts.
You, dear reader, have been so fantastic, so supportive, so encouraging.
You have changed my life, and for that, I am eternally grateful.
With best wishes and warm regards,
Jacob Dwyer
Filed Under: Berlitz, Cognate, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, DLIFLC, Entrepreneurship, False Cognates, Harmon Hall, innovation, Interlingua de Mexico, Language Learning Difficulty for English Speakers Creativity, Military Intelligence Service Language School, True Cognate
Posted by: Carmen Jacobsen
When I was doing my research on Chinese schools I found out that The U.S. Foreign Service and Defense Language institutes ranks languages in 3 to 5 categories based on the hours English speakers must spend to become fluent. What is the Defense Language Institute?
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center teaches foreign languages to the military. It was founded on the eve of America’s entrance to World War II to teach the Japanese language. It was a secret school in 1941 in an abandoned airplane hangar. There were about 60 students at the time who were second-generation Japanese-Americans from the West Coast. They studied the Japanese language and military terminology. In 1942 it was known as the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS). It was the only class ever given in this building. Wartime fears had led Japanese and Japanese American expulsion to isolated camps. This was a wartime internment in post-war years, but it marked the beginning of the importance of learning a foreign language to help in wartime.
So, why is this important to note? How did this affect what we know about education in the field of teaching a second language to English speakers?
Filed Under: Micaela Canales
Posted by: Micaela Canales
A Senior Exhibition Update.
As I hurtled into May, everything seemed to be happening at once. The senior class was writing and presenting speeches, senior ex groups were creating powerpoints and most importantly groups were setting out on Social Action.
Social Action is a large component of the Senior Exhibition process. Because we have spent so much time researching social issues, our teachers challenge us to take what we have learned from that research and try and make an impact on our chosen issue. We are tasked with designing and implementing the project from start to finish, a monumental mission!
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Andrea Hodge is the Executive Director of the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program (REEP) at Rice University.
