Monthly Archives: October 2012

Webcast in Russian: NOVOSTI NEDELI

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

Webcast in Russian: VOVOSTI NEDELI is a project of the National Capital Langauge Recourse Center. The NCLRC offers webcasts in three languages: Arabic, Chinese and Russian, among which the Russian webcasts appear to be the most developed ones with… Continue reading →

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杨澜：The Generation that's remaking China

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

  Microblogs came into China in 2009 and this social platform has grown tremendously in the past several years. With most Microblog users being young people (under 30), this generation (born in the 80’s and 90’s) has shown great influence… Continue reading →

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Duolingo

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

  I learned about Duolingo (duolingo.com) at the CALICO conference in May 2012. James Paul Gee, the keynote speaker, mentioned Duolingo briefly in his keynote speech. In summer, one of our French students mentioned that he had enjoyed studying… Continue reading →

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