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  2. List of language self-study programs - Wikipedia

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    With effort, learners can study any language by comparing their recordings to the same story in a language they know. [ 7 ] The list of self-study programs, below, shows the number of languages taught by each program, the name of the program, and the number of different languages used for instruction.

  3. Goethe-Institut - Wikipedia

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    1953: The first language courses run by the Goethe-Institut began in Bad Reichenhall. Due to growing demand, new centres of learning were opened in Murnau and Kochel, the focus of selection being on towns which were small and idyllic and which showed post-war Germany at its best. Lessons were taught based on the first textbook developed by the ...

  4. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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    In English-speaking countries, they have integrative motivation, the desire to learn the language to fit into an English-language culture. They are more likely to want to integrate because they 1. Generally have more friends and family with English language skills. 2. Have immediate financial and economic incentives to learn English. 3.

  5. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    The swamp now lies 103 to 128 feet (39 m) above mean sea level. [7] Peat deposits, up to 15 feet (4.6 m) thick, cover much of the swamp floor. [7] These deposits are so unstable in spots that trees and surrounding bushes tremble by stomping the surface. [7] Native Americans named the area "Okefenokee" meaning "Land of the Trembling Earth". [7]

  6. List of German expressions in English - Wikipedia

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    As languages, English and German descend from the common ancestor language West Germanic and further back to Proto-Germanic; because of this, some English words are essentially identical to their German lexical counterparts, either in spelling (Hand, Sand, Finger) or pronunciation ("fish" = Fisch, "mouse" = Maus), or both (Arm, Ring); these are ...

  7. Language education by region - Wikipedia

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    About half of the EU's primary school pupils learn a foreign language. English is the language taught most often at the lower secondary level in the EU. There, 93% of children learn English. At upper secondary level, English is even more widely taught. French is taught at lower secondary level in all EU countries except Slovenia. A total of 33% ...

  8. English as a second or foreign language - Wikipedia

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    English language teaching (ELT) is a widely used teacher-centered term, as in the English language teaching divisions of large publishing houses, ELT training, etc. Teaching English as a second language (TESL), teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), and teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) are also used. [citation needed]

  9. Okefenokee Swamp - Wikipedia

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    The Okefenokee Swamp is part of the Southeastern conifer forests ecoregion. Much of the Okefenokee is a southern coastal plain nonriverine basin swamp, forested by bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and swamp tupelo (Nyssa biflora) trees. Upland areas support southern coastal plain oak domes and hammocks, thick stands of evergreen oaks.