Mr Blunkett is now thinking about introducing induction and language classes for new immigrants.

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Statehood or no, there are plans for English-language science and mathematics classes in the island's schools.

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As a staff, we prepared for this by taking Spanish language and culture classes.

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The current version of Beanstalk only supports Java, a programming language popular among businesses and taught, for example, in introductory programming classes at Stanford.

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Taught only sporadically, for 30 minutes a day, they can sit through years of classes without mastering the language of their adoptive country.

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The number of weeklies and monthlies published partly or fully in Kurdish has risen from two to five, and the provincial government, which used to frown on out-of-school Kurdish classes, paid for 2, 500 Kurds to learn to write in their native language last summer.

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With such a commitment from actors, the company can afford to run weekly classes in, say, Shakespearian language, or import Augusto Boal, a South American guru, for a fortnights workshop.

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