Features
Black History in the Community
There is no doubt that K–12 English learners (ELs) who are being educated in the U.S. should receive instruction about Black American history related...
Youth Poetry
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Get LitOn Saturday mornings, Get Lit Players aren’t drooling on their pillows or watching TV. They come from all over the...
Six Myths about Emergent Bilinguals
There are enough myths about emergent bilinguals to drive English learner (EL) educators crazy trying to correct them all. We’ve gathered six of the...
Introducing ‘School’
Q1: What activity can’t parents get kids to sit still for? Q2: What activity can’t parents get kids to stop doing?
A1: Online school....
Literacy
Black History in the Community
There is no doubt that K–12 English learners (ELs) who are being educated in the U.S. should receive instruction about Black American history related...
Improving Accountability for English Learners in California
Californians Together, a statewide education advocacy coalition, has introduced a new framework for accountability focused on the needs of English learner (EL) students in...
Where Do Students Store New Vocabulary?
A study on word learning recently published in Neuropsychologia is shedding light on the age-old question of how language learners’ minds store the target...
Six Myths about Emergent Bilinguals
There are enough myths about emergent bilinguals to drive English learner (EL) educators crazy trying to correct them all. We’ve gathered six of the...
World Language News
Move to Egalité for French in Canada
Since its adoption of the Official Languages Act in 1969, Canada has been an officially bilingual country—that is, the nation has recognized both English...
Improving Accountability for English Learners in California
Californians Together, a statewide education advocacy coalition, has introduced a new framework for accountability focused on the needs of English learner (EL) students in...
Fostering Multilingualism for Inclusion
Sunday’s celebration of International Mother Language Day, the UN’s annual commemoration honoring linguistic diversity and multilingualism, focused on inclusion, both in the classroom and in...
Canadian Survey Reveals Youth Indigenous Language Loss
Statistics Canada has released the 2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey this month, and it sheds lights on Aboriginal language and culture across the country. The...
Resources
Competition Launches Magical Stories and Virtual Reality Immersion
Last month, over 320 people (on Zoom and YouTube) took part in the 2021 LaunchPad, a Shark Tank-style language education technology competition sponsored by...
Languages
Move to Egalité for French in Canada
Since its adoption of the Official Languages Act in 1969, Canada has been an officially bilingual country—that is, the nation has recognized both English...
Pakistan Set to Make Arabic Mandatory
After a near unanimous vote, the Senate of Pakistan has adopted a new education policy requiring students in the capital city of Islamabad to...
White House Relaunches Spanish Website
In his first day in office, President Biden’s administration relaunched online Spanish-language communications that had been previously discontinued under the Trump Administration. The Trump...
US Looks to Taiwan for Chinese
Through the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), the U.S. and Taiwan have launched the U.S.-Taiwan Education Initiative, which is aimed at “expanding...
Professional Development
Webinar: Distance Learning—English Language Development & Dual Language Instruction
Recorded webinar on Distance Learning: English Language Development and Dual Language Instruction from the California Department of Education on May 14, 2020. This video...
Transcending Monolingualism
Research shows that multilingual skills correlate with higher scores on assessments (Vogel and Garcia, 2017), and studies indicate that when those results are present,...
How COVID-19 is Reshaping Translation & Interpretation
COVID-19 has changed the world irrevocably, forcing the translation and interpretation industry to rapidly adopt digital technology and tools to reduce the disruption of...
Bill to Support Distance and Blended Learning for Children in Need
Act would include $2.25 billion for professional development
U.S. Sens. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) have announced their plan to introduce the...
Benefits of Routine on Virtual Teaching
With only a month of virtual teaching under my belt, this year is already the wildest year I’ve ever taught. This isn’t the first...