Online Learning Gains Approval:
The new report reinforces that effective teachers need to incorporate digital content into everyday classes and consider open-source learning management systems which have proven cost effective in colleges nationwide. The US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said.
However,Online lectures are NOT the same as a classroom presentation especially in learning foreign languages. Person to person contacts are most effective with the face-to-face touch especially learning the Chinese language from empirical evidence.
WWW.Dictyon.net,the gateway to global languages has used both face-to-face and high-tech under the direction of Dr. Regas Santas with the assistance of Prof. Edd Turkow in teaching languages with testimonials from the students as high caliber linguists.
The Andrews AF Base Library has published Summer Reading Program,June 20th to August 12, 2009 with the following references:
Languages of the World:
1. Chinese Mandarin 1 billion +.
2. English 512 million.
3. Hindi 501 million.
4. Spanish 399 million.
5. Russian 285 million.
6. Arabic 265 million.
7. French 77 million.
8. Chinese Wu dialect(Shanghainese) 77 million.
Largest Cities on the Planet:
Shanghai, China 13.3 million
Shanghai will be the host for World Expo 2010 with participation of the USA and more than 100 other nations.
Source: www.worldatlas.com
Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao on July 6, 2009.
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