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Dates: during 1990-1999
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McCormack himself can say "hello" in over 65 different languages, including Bantu, Inuit and Urdu...

Author: By Michael J. Mccormack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bonjour, Hola, Shalom: Michael McCormack, Founder of World Hello Day | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

Interspersed between other acts, cast members came out in front of the curtain to read poems in many of the languages spoken in South Asia, including Tamil, Punjabi, Urdu, Telegu, Bengali, Sanskrit, Gujarati, Malayalam, Sinhalese and English...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ten Years of CELEBRATING | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...Interspersed between other acts, cast members came out in front of the curtain to read poems in many of the languages spoken in South Asia, including Tamil, Punjabi, Urdu, Telegu, Bengali, Sanskrit, Gujarati, Malayalam, Sinhalese and English...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ten Years of Celebrating South Asia | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...Hindi uses Indian script, Devanagari, and Urdu uses a form of the Arabic. In my intro courses, I teach people both script systems, an unusual technique. Most schools teach them as separate languages. But I don't think that language instruction should become politicized...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Asani Uses Diverse Background as Tool in Teaching Indo-Muslim Language, Culture | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...That, interestingly, also affects how you teach. When I first started teaching students taking Urdu-Hindi, there were only a few undergraduates, about ten a year, and they were mostly white. Now, 70 percent are of South Asian descent, and they're familiar with a little bit of South Asian culture. Teaching them is a bit different from teaching non-South Asians. So now I have to balance the needs of two different groups. This year, the intro class has 55 students, ironically as resources to teach have shrunk," he adds...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Asani Uses Diverse Background as Tool in Teaching Indo-Muslim Language, Culture | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

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