The Osaka District Court recently sentenced the president of Nova, Nozomu Sahashi, three and a half years in prison for skimming the Fund’s employees. Sahashi had the funds in 2007 during the last days of Nova, he was just a step ahead of the bankruptcy of giant foreign language school in October.

Prosecutor had five years sentence, and many were surprised that the judge himself requested such a heavy penalty. Sahashi will undoubtedly appeal and the appeal process will take some time. Some Japanese businessmen sentenced to prison terms ever. Nova, Japan was the largest foreign-language channel of the school, and employs more foreigners than any other company in Japan.

The Nova Group was founded in August 1981. Nozomu Sahashi opened the first classroom in New Shinsaibashi, Osaka, with two high school students from Sweden and Canada. Sahashi had met a friend who was studying abroad in Paris. Later, about 20 years, the peak points, calculated just before New half a million students, 50% of the total market share, revenue and market share of 66%, calculated on the number of students. (more…)

In the midst of several international conflicts, one nested in the global economy and the decline of the nature of our world-oriented techno, language learning can not be more than one option, but rather an indispensable basis of ‘modern education.

We usually put on hold for language learning in a large part of the elementary school, but when the spirit of children, the most able to absorb words and language.

Schools across the country implement this requirement and implement Dual Language Education.

By neighborhood schools, charter and magnet, these schools offer their students more opportunities to compete with the academic students abroad to diversify their skills in communication, resolution problems, critical thinking and analysis. Some executives also predict that general education in both languages will be the future of the American school.
Dual Language Education vs. ESL / ESOL (more…)

As I am tugged comfortably in my bed in a B & B in Stellenbosch and looking back retrospectively at the movie I watched two evenings ago I can’t stop marveling at William Wilberforce and his brilliance in ending one of the worst forms of injustices in this world- the slave trade. As a result I think of all the injustices, we, today’s generation still have to end. As a linguist my thoughts are immediately geared the linguistic situation (more…)