Language Issues + Florida Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
September 24, 2009
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office recently launched its most recent initiative: Spanish classes for deputies.
March 15, 2009
Lowering bar on Florida’s teachers’ ESOL is a bad idea – A quarter-million Florida kids are learning English for the first time. In South Florida, it’s about one in seven children. Under state rules, they’re expected to master the language in two years and pass the FCAT.
January 21, 2009
The Tampa Bay History Center featured more than 300 exhibit descriptions translated into Spanish when it opened Saturday. Beginning in July, weekly Spanish language publication Centro Mi Diario worked with the History Center to create the captions
Comunidades rechazan propuesta educativa – La consideran discrimina contra niños inmigrantes al reducir entrenamiento de los maestros de inglés
December 28, 2008
ESOL advocates fighting loss of teacher training – Florida
December 8, 2008
Polémica se ha vuelto la iniciativa encabezada por el senador republicano de Jacksonville, Stephen Wise, que pretende reducir drásticamente el número de horas de entrenamiento para los profesores que imparten la enseñanza del inglés como segundo idioma (ESOL).
December 2, 2008
A battle over language: How to prepare, or not, for bilingual students? – Should a reading teacher who works with students learning English as a second language have special training?
November 25, 2008
Volusia County’s Supervisor of Elections is being sued by a voter who says ballots should be available in Spanish for Puerto Rican citizens who do not speak English. – Florida
October 26, 2008
Did You Know? Miami-Dade has 50,859 ESOL students (15% of the district’s student body) and in Broward has 24,631 ESOL students (almost 10% of all students) – Florida
Florida can’t afford to cut ESOL training – The Florida Department of Education will hold a public meeting in Tallahassee on Monday, Oct. 27, from 1 to 4 PM on ESOL and Reading professional development requirements.
September 5, 2008
Some Tropical Storm Fay victims are using their time at the Estero Community Center to learn. Most of the hundreds of people forced out of their Bonita Springs homes don’t speak much English, but now they’re trying to change that. – Florida
August 11, 2008
Diplomats from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador pleaded with local immigration enforcers Friday not to indiscriminately target their citizens on the heels of a Lee County focused operation that rounded up 62 immigrants last week. – Florida
June 26, 2008
I Survived Racy, Spanish-Language TV
June 4, 2008
Miami Residents Learn Spanish To Improve Job Prospects
May 29, 2008
In Miami, Spanish is becoming the primary language
May 28, 2008
More South Florida parents choosing bilingual education for their children
May 21, 2008
Migrant Parents: Reasons For School Shutdown Were Not Translated – Volusia County, Central Florida
March 20, 2008
Mexican official to give St. Lucie Spanish-language textbooks
March 17, 2008
Immigrants want to blend in, keep mother tongue
March 5, 2008
The Spanish spoken today by bilingual Hispanics in South Florida has become watered down through the generations
February 21, 2008
Law seminars planned in Spanish – The Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida
January 28, 2008
Spanish skills giving workers an edge – Volusia County, Florida
November 28, 2007
Hispanic unity offers ‘determined mother’ ticket to better life – Hollywood, Florida
October 28, 2007
Bilingual South Florida kids serve as interpreters for their families
September 23, 2007
Hispanic parents are frustrated because children won’t learn Spanish – South Florida
September 12, 2007
35% of Broward residents don’t speak English at home, Census says
August 16, 2007
Habla Español are words employers cannot ignore – Colleges, businesses add more classes to teach Spanish
August 9, 2007
Learn occupational Spanish at University of West Florida
July 30, 2007
Did You Know? That there are 3,000 cases needing Spanish translations each month in the 20th Judicial Circuit, which covers Lee, Charlotte, Collier, Glades and Hendry counties in Florida.
July 17, 2007
Myrtle Beach Bike tips produced in Spanish, Russian
June 14, 2007
Spanish-Speaking Parents Find Assurances at University of Central Florida Orientation Session
June 11, 2007
Libraries in Southwest Florida are increasingly offering more Spanish-language materials for patrons
