Think beyond English
Nepal, Feb. 14 -- Overemphasis on English in Nepal's schools at the cost of local languages and culture is detrimental, linguistically, cognitively and psychologically, to overall development of children
The academic community in the US was in a heated debate over an email sent by a professor at Duke University last month. According to the screenshots of the emails shared on the social media the international students, especially of Chinese origin, were asked to stop using language other than English in the university premises by Dr Meghan Neely, assistant professor and director of the Graduate Studies in Biostatistics Program.
In her email, the professor mentioned that she wanted the students to "commit to using English 100 percent of ...
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