English is all very well for globe-spanning deals, suggests Hugo Baetens Beardsmore, a Belgian academic and adviser on language policy to the European Commission.

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Starting in July, Mr. Kerbel's new company, Practice LLC, will offer courses in five areas: academic preparation, career development, language and cultural orientation, software and library research skills and personal performance.

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A-levels, combining science, language and humanities courses with vocational and academic variations.

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At KPS, we have a focus on core academic skills, technology and the integration of Menominee language and culture, an important component of education for the vast majority of our students who are of Menominee Nation origin.

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Scile may just be a willing dupe in this, since his motivation, academic he is, is likely to preserve the uniqueness of Language.

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The first is that although the Welsh language flourishes (arguably because Welsh-medium schools offer a way for richer parents to enjoy academic selection), the region remains close to England, sharing, for example, the English press. (The Scots have their own newspapers.) And plenty of English newcomers are learning Welsh, drawn by those same good schools.

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