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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

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He is fluent in Spanish (for a non-native speaker) and one of his main areas of study is bilingual interpretation in out-of-school environments. If someone asked you whether museums should or need to have text in more than one language, what would you say? Bilingualism in the U.S.

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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

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Other institutions are idiosyncratic in their relationship to their environment, like the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, or to their community, like the Wing Luke Asian Museum. They may feature community gardens or exhibit labels in languages tailored to locals. Some are scrappy and iconoclastic, like the City Museum in St.

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Scratch: An Educational, Multi-Generational Online Community that Works

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Last week, I was reintroduced to Scratch , a graphical programming language designed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. but still, a programming environment. Again, the ScratchR team is promoting use of Scratch and community-building around the programming environment. Does it work? usercontent.