Iran

This is amazing. I'm fascinated by Iran, and I think that we do need to stop the propaganda - and it's on both sides. My dream would be to have Iranians come to the United States for a few years, teach Farsi, and then go back to Iran and tell about how the U.S. really is. I'm actually thinking of developing my paper for Transcultural Education around this sort of idea... backed up with methodology, of course.

I've only watched the first few minutes... but look at the women in the video. They still mark that Iranian society is very different from our own.

"Rageh Inside Iran." (Google Video.)

Culture and War

This, from the Cato Institute, is interesting. I'd give you a review, but I'm up to my elbows right now in oral history and other reading.

"The American Way of War: Cultural Barriers to Successful Counterinsurgency." (Record, J. 9/1/2006).

Calling all Language Teachers!

I saw this on the OELA newsline - a place to come learn about best practices in foreign language teaching. If you can make it, I think it would be a great resource!!!

2007 Teacher Workshops (ed.gov)

Why I Quit Teaching French

Unfortunately, rumor or not... this is more and more becoming the case.

"A Phaseout of French? Sifting Fact and Rumor." (De Vise, D. The Washington Post. March 1, 2007.)