Thursday 11 September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
New Road To Ease Escazú
- San José Traffic
Congestion
6.600 Vehicles
Confiscated By Tránsito Police Abandoned
And Rusting
Government's Goal
Is For Costa Rica Soon To Become
Bilingual
Costa Rican President
Views Russia-Venezuela's
Exercises As Natural
Costa Rica, US, Mexico
Remain Unbeaten
USAID
Provides Flood Assistance to Costa Rica
5.6 Quake Hits
Southern Costa Rica
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Government's Goal Is For
Costa Rica Soon To
Become Bilingual
Costa Rica has taken on
the challenge of
converting English as a
common language for the
majority of the
population. One of the
objectives is that 75%
of high school students
are proficient in
English by 2017.
To meet the goal, some
1.150 English teachers
began this week training
so that by next year's
school year their
practical level of
comprehension of the
language and
conversational English
skills are improved.
The training is part of
the program "Costa Rica
Multilingüe" (Costa Rica
Bilingual), that forms
part of the government's
plan to optimize the
management of English in
the country.
According to Alejandrina
Mata, viceministra de
Educación Pública (MEP)
- public education
ministry - the objective
is to strengthen the
weaknesses found in the
English teachers who
have found difficulty
giving English classes
in English.
The MEP will have 62
centres across the
country so that teachers
can attend classes twice
a eek to complete the
required 140 hours of
classroom time by
December.
In addition to the
training, a group of
specialists, teachers
and representatives of
private industy agreed
to form a monitoring
group with the objective
to identify the needs of
the educational system
and the private sector.
The monitoring will also
help identify, in an
exact manner, the
abilities of the
teachers, students and
professionals in their
handling of the English
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