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Families needed to host teens from France, Spain this summer

Last updated Friday, April 20, 2012 - 11:13pm

OGDEN — Compass USA is looking for families to host teenage students from France and Spain this summer.

Host families are paid a $50 per week stipend. The students vary from 14 to 19 years old and stay two to six weeks at various times throughout the summer. They bring spending money and are here to improve their English, be part of a U.S. family and learn about American culture.

For more information, see Compass USA’s website at www.compass-usa.net and click Host Family or email Shelly Thorne at compass.shelly@gmail.com.

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A Kaysville resident uses a computer at the Davis County Library to do research on the internet. The library system is updating its resources so it can offer more e-books, online learning games for children and online resources for adults, such as car repair manuals and language learning courses. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Davis libraries boosting technology, resources for users

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 7:08pm

FARMINGTON — As library patrons increasingly use electronic media to access information, Davis County Library is working to meet their demands.

Libraries have historically been a major source of knowledge, traditionally in the form of paper books. However, with the increased use of technology, libraries are beginning to expand their resources.

Davis County Library is working to enhance its technology assets by purchasing more e-books, offering online learning games and tools for children and providing access to online car repair manuals, genealogy databases and foreign language courses.

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Miranda Hoyt is Red Riding Hood and Kate Baker is her mother in a scene of their French version of Little Red Riding Hood at Fairfield Junior High School in Kaysville on Thursday. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Students add foreign flavor to fairy-tale skits

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 11:18pm

KAYSVILLE — Students of the Spanish and French languages put their knowledge on display Thursday morning, performing fairy-tale plays for their peers.

Fairfield Junior High students, who are in their third year of studying the languages, have been working on the foreign language fairy-tale theater for several months.

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Harold Zentz shows Jessica Allen where the German restaurant is at the World Language Fair at Weber High School in Pleasant View on Thursday. The event lets junior high and high school students test their foreign language skills and learn about other cultures. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Students experience culture shock at World Language Fair

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 24, 2012 - 8:16am

PLEASANT VIEW — Students across the Top of Utah traveled the world Thursday night. The bonus? They didn’t have to leave the commons area of Weber High School.

More than 2,500 junior high and high school students, along with their families, attended the annual World Language Fair sponsored by Weber School District.

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Photo illustration by JESSICA HEYWOOD/Morgan High School/jessicajomorgan@hotmail.com

Many benefits come with learning a foreign language

Kalli Damschen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 1:30pm

Español. Français. Deutsch.

There are more than 6,000 languages in the world, and while many of these are not commonly taught and aren't spoken in most countries, students can reap a variety of benefits, both academic and personal, from studying any foreign language.

High school can be one of the very best times to learn a language. There are few other periods in life when you'll have as many opportunities to freely attend a class under the instruction of an experienced teacher.

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