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		<title>Digital tools &#8216;to save languages&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook, YouTube and even texting will be the salvation of many of the world&#8217;s endangered languages, scientists believe. Of the 7,000 or so languages spoken on Earth today, about half are expected to be extinct by the century&#8217;s end. Read More]]></description>
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		<title>The World Has Changed</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have worked successfully on four continents and frequently speak and write on global careers despite being fluent only in English. I first went overseas in the late 1990s as an executive when few American expats spoke foreign languages. Back then, my clients happily paid interpreters. Luckily, my skills also included the humility to seek [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arabic instruction on the rise after 9/11</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In exploring changes in the classroom since the 9/11 attacks occurred a decade ago, one notable development is growth in the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language. To be clear, it&#8217;s still rare in comparison with most other languages, but the study of Arabic has been gaining ground in U.S. schools, in part with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CLASSRoad eLearning Platform</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLASSRoad has developed a sophisticated eLearning platform that many of our eLearning partners are using to offer there online courses. Please see : ClassRoad Elearning Platform]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Language</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese or the Sinitic language(s) is a language family consisting of languages which are mostly mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages. About one-fifth of the world’s population, or over one billion people, speaks some variety of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Persian/Farsi Language</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Persian (local names:فارس, Farsi) is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is widely spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and to some extent in Armenia, Turkmanistan, Azerbaijan and Bahrain. The Persian language, whose native names are فارس Farsi, Parsi, Dari or Parsi-ye-Dari (Dari Persian), is classified by most linguists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arabic Language</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arabic (العربية al-arabiyyah) is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages such as Hebrew and the Neo-Aramaic languages. Arabic has more speakers than any other language in the Semitic language family. It is spoken by more than 280 million people as a first language, most of whom live in the Middle East and North Africa. It is the official language [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Night of Rumi</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Experience a one of kind Rumi event in a breath taking Persian ambiance. Set to live Persian music, beautifully displayed Persian Art and Middle Eastern Cuisine. Enjoy live poetry recitation synced with live music, and an engaging talk on Rumi&#8217;s legacy as a poet and an Islamic theologian. In addition, enjoy a private film screening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Study Tours</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that there are over 100 million Muslims living in China? Or that Jews, Christians, and Muslims all lived peacefully for nearly 800 years in Southern Spain? Well, now’s YOUR chance to check out those facts for yourself!! CLASSRoad is offering tours to Southern Spain and Muslim China! For dates and information, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Online Learning For You?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online learning is different in many respects from the traditional face-to-face learning we&#8217;re all used to, primarily in the way we get our information and how we interact with instructors and classmates. Many people say they learn more online, and their retention is better too. Consider that good students in the traditional setting may fair [...]]]></description>
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