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Wed Aug 7 2002

Media: Article, NY Times: Shortage of ESL Teachers

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  • Karen S. Chung, NYT: Shortage of ESL teachers

    Message 1: NYT: Shortage of ESL teachers

     Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 09:52:24 +0800
    From: Karen S. Chung <karchungccms.ntu.edu.tw>
    Subject: NYT: Shortage of ESL teachers


    The August 5, 2002 online edition of the New York Times has an article reporting on a shortage of teachers for bilingual and ESL classes in the US:

    Wave of Pupils Lacking English Strains Schools By Yilu Zhao

    Schools across the country, particularly in rural areas, are desperately short of people qualified to teach bilingual or English-as-a-second-language classes.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/education/05ESL.html?todaysheadlines

    (Editor's note: This URL will take you first to an annoying registration form. However, registration is free, and once the form is completed, the article will appear.)

    Karen Steffen Chung National Taiwan University karchungccms.ntu.edu.tw

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