Features
Colombia, Tierra Querida
In my experience, Colombia is among the most misunderstood Spanish-speaking countries. Until the wonderful recent Disney film Encanto, most of what we have heard...
Be the Advocate for the Silent
English learners tend to become another silent statistic. Teachers can be advocates for these students, who tend to be obedient and agreeable because of...
How to Pass High School Mandarin
Larry grew up in the US. His parents were from Cantonese-speaking areas, and both are highly educated and very competent in English. Larry is...
French around the World and Right Here
While you may know that French is spoken by 300 million people around the world and by 2 million people at their homes in...
Literacy
The Case for Acquired Phonics
Researchers in second language acquisition have hypothesized that there are two very different ways of gaining knowledge of language: acquisition and learning. Learning results...
Telling Our Own Tales
“When we use story to help students tell their own narratives, literacy roadblocks and anxieties dissolve for even the most hesitant of learners and...
2030 NAEP Writing Assessment Recommendations
To support multilingual learners of English (MLEs), The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), TESOL International Association, and WIDA have made the following recommendations for...
A Revised Composing Process
Remember during a test when you were staring at the ceiling in elementary school, and the teacher asked you if the answer was on...
World Language News
Netflix to Stream 18 New Tamil Films in 2023
Netflix has announced it is significantly expanding its Tamil film collection, obtaining the rights to a further 18 Tamil-language films for streaming in 2023.
According...
Canada: Filipino language courses introduced to B.C. schools
In Vancouver B.C., public school students at Sir Charles Tupper Secondary will soon have access to Filipino language courses, after the city’s school board...
A Breakthrough Moment for Irish-Language Filmmaking
As the announcement of the 2023 Oscar nominations approached, the creators of Irish-language film An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) celebrated a “breakthrough” moment...
New Arabic Publishing Strategy Announced
The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Culture and Youth has launched a new strategy to overhaul its literature and publishing industry. Noura Al Kaabi,...
Resources
Tools for Teaching Transfer between Spanish and English
Sound–Spelling Transfer Kits are now being used in schools across the US to accelerate the progress of emerging bilingual students in grades K–2 and...
Languages
Canada: Filipino language courses introduced to B.C. schools
In Vancouver B.C., public school students at Sir Charles Tupper Secondary will soon have access to Filipino language courses, after the city’s school board...
A Breakthrough Moment for Irish-Language Filmmaking
As the announcement of the 2023 Oscar nominations approached, the creators of Irish-language film An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) celebrated a “breakthrough” moment...
How to Pass High School Mandarin
Larry grew up in the US. His parents were from Cantonese-speaking areas, and both are highly educated and very competent in English. Larry is...
New Arabic Publishing Strategy Announced
The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Culture and Youth has launched a new strategy to overhaul its literature and publishing industry. Noura Al Kaabi,...
Professional Development
Language Adapts, Students Adapt—Why Not Language Tests?
Imagine you are trying to build strength. You go to the gym every day, lift weights, and then come home to rest and recover....
The Key to Reducing Teacher Burnout
Teachers play an incredibly important role: educating the young people who will one day shape our world. Yet 90% of educators say burnout is...
Collaborative Planning: Never Having to Go It Alone
This experience gave me the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues I don’t usually get the opportunity to work with, and we were able to...
SLU and BloomBoard Collaborate to Help Paraprofessionals Get Certified
Saint Louis University (SLU) School of Education and BloomBoard have partnered to develop collaborative strategies with school districts and educational leaders to enhance the...
Content, Language, and Culture Learning Targets
Lesson planning is a political act. Schools in the US, at the core, are designed to promote a monocultural and monolingual perspective of teaching...