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James L. Brooks, executive producer of “The Simpsons” who also moonlights as an Oscar-winning writer-director, could not have chosen a more cliché plot line for his latest film, Spanglish: a vivacious, non-English speaking Latina maid falls in love with her rich, white boss while her child is slowly assimilated against her wishes. But Spanglish was crafted by the hands of a master and the potentially nauseous subject matter is handled with grace and aplomb...
...Academy's Rule 14 says a Best Foreign Film entry's "dialogue track must be predominantly in a language of the country of origin except when the story mandates that an additional non-English language be predominant." That rule was used to reject the U.K.'s original submission, Asif Kapadia's The Warrior, which is in Hindi. A Western take on a Japanese fable transplanted to India, Kapadia's directorial debut earned rave reviews and three nominations at this year's BAFTA awards. The film has a second-generation British director, a British screenwriter and British backers - yet was considered...
Maats: Well, non-English speaking employees always call me Matt Hunter. [Adopts Indian accent.] Alo, ees Maht Unter dere? But my DJ name is Mazta Maatz...
Harvard went on to still greater success when it crossed the pond last summer and presented a record-breaking performance at the Henley Royal Regatta in Henley-on-the-Thames, England. The Crimson won three titles, a feat never before accomplished by a non-English team and also setup the first All-American final in the Brittania Cup. But this benchmark has not quenched the Crimson’s thirst for success...
...Staff is correct in its long-term goal to integrate non-English speakers into the United States, but bilingual education is not the way to do so. Rapid immersion, on the other hand, gives these students the exposure to English so necessary if one is to get by, let alone prosper, in the United States today...