• Owain Glyndwr was proclaimed Prince of Wales by his followers in 1400 and resisted the English for eight years.

    BBC: Glyndwr captures votes in international poll

  • Ulvaeus wrote Swedish lyrics for the originals, and has translated them into English for the UK release on 6 July.

    BBC: Abba pair unveil new pop tracks

  • Dubbed English for the Children, this measure would require schoolchildren to be taught in English unless a parent requests otherwise.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • Its self-consciously surreal libretto by Luisa Costa Gomes includes arias in Portuguese and a spoken part in English for the elegantly reserved dancer, Lucinda Childs.

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  • If they are not English speakers or skilled migrants, they must pass a course in English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) which contains citizenship materials.

    BBC: Theresa May

  • The Scots, fumes Charles Jones, a professor of English language at Edinburgh University, have been speaking English for just as long as those south of the border.

    ECONOMIST: Scots English

  • The BBC has announced that English for the Caribbean, Portuguese for Africa, Macedonian, Albanian and Serbian services will close, resulting in the loss of about 650 jobs.

    BBC: Urgent question: BBC World Service

  • The group argues the issue is particularly acute because of the critical importance of achieving a C grade in GCSE English for future educational and professional opportunities.

    BBC: Education & Family

  • Al-Sahaf, speaking mostly in English for the first time since the war began, issued a list of civilian areas he said the coalition had bombarded, enumerating casualties in villages and neighborhoods.

    CNN: Iraqi official: U.S. lying about progress

  • My desire to help these children led me to return to school to earn my Masters of Arts in Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) at Johns Hopkins University.

    WHITEHOUSE: Building Long Lasting Relationships

  • The innate enthusiasm of the English for vernacular architecture took hold of the nation's mood - all would now be comfortable brick, near the ground with pitched roofs, garden front and rear.

    BBC: Viewpoint: Could people learn to love tower blocks?

  • Training staff support for the U.N. presence should include training in English for Cambodians currently in refugee camps to serve as translators, and recruiting and training of Cambodian-Americans and others to assist U.N. civil administration.

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  • Logically, the main language of the EU ought to be English, a fact admitted by a growing number of corporations in Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden that hold board meetings in English for purely practical reasons.

    FORBES: Current Events

  • He calls for the apprentice's accomplishments to be robustly tested and validated, and says they must include high quality attainments in maths and English for those who have not got GCSEs in the subjects before they start.

    BBC: Apprenticeships 'should last a year', report says

  • When a stranger who did wear a beard and who never once was seen hatless appeared every few months after dark to ask in broken English for a contribution toward the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine, I, who wasn't an ignorant child, didn't quite know what he was doing on our landing.

    NPR: Roth Rewrites History with a 'Plot Against America'

  • The tabloid Bild urges Britons not to turn their backs on the EU: "Dear Brits, please stay - after all, you're so beautifully crazy, " it pleads (using the English for "crazy") before launching into a paean to an eclectic list of "crazy" Britons that includes Prince Philip, Sacha Baron Cohen, Boris Johnson and the Loch Ness Monster.

    BBC: Cameron speech heats up debate in European press

  • He looked dapper in a dark suit and tie and proved a gracious host, speaking excellent, if not always idiomatic, English for 90 minutes in his suite at the posh Carlyle Hotel, where a lesser-known novel by Alexandre Dumas lay open on the coffee table and a stack of European films on DVD sat next to a flat-screen television.

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  • No surprise, then, that immigrant parents overwhelmingly support English immersion for their children, recognizing that mastering English is critical for their kids' future achievement.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • The Conservatives have previously flirted with the idea of "English votes for English laws", a solution that would be popular among Tory MPs.

    BBC: Commission tries to answer the West Lothian question

  • In opposition, the Conservative Party looked at various solutions, including "English votes for English laws" that would see non-English MPs excluded from England-only legislation.

    BBC: Another day, another commission on devolution

  • It was a sweet, if nerve-jangling, victory for the English, for whom Sweden had become something of a bogey team in international tournaments.

    CNN: France reign in Ukraine rain

  • The number of students applying for places in English universities for the 2011-12 academic year dropped by 10% compared to the same time last year.

    BBC: David Willetts: 'Demand for university is still strong'

  • "It's a massive disappointment for English football, for many, many years we weren't use to that, " he told reporters.

    CNN: Bayern clings on as Arsenal fightback falls just short

  • It will take this long -- until we no longer have to press one for English and two for any other language.

    CNN: McCain stands alone on immigration bill

  • Bordeaux must have sensed there was an opportunity for them to beat an English team for the first time and put themselves in a strong position to qualify from the group.

    BBC: Bordeaux 1-1 Chelsea

  • Many districts continue to separate English learners for special instruction, teaching them primarily in English.

    NPR: Instruction Of Students Learning English Bleak

  • Yet, in what was the first imperial education policy in British India, Macaulay aggressively pushed for English as the medium for as many Indians as possible to be given a Western education.

    BBC: Recalling Thomas Macaulay's English legacy

  • Sir Alfred was criticised for abolishing wing forwards, which had been a feature of English football for 100 years.

    ECONOMIST: Sir Alfred Ramsey

  • It's - there's, you know, a lot of the conservative voters of Hispanic descent mastered the English language for the most part and so they're reaching them in English language venues.

    NPR: Latino Bloggers Watch 2008 Candidates Closely

  • This could see an "Advanced Baccalaureate" following on from the English Baccalaureate for 16 year olds.

    BBC: A-level students facing shake-up

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