March 2015

    March 2015 Cover

    Cutting to the Common Core
    Fostering Academic Interaction

    Kate Kinsella offers an action plan to encourage second language learners to participate in constructive classroom discussion

    Stories Bring It Home
    Kate Nguyen and Nile Stanley research resilience in language learners and its relationship to storytelling

    Ludic Learning
    Ted Martin explains why we need games in the classroom and offers some suggestions

    The Cradle of Spanish
    Daniel Ward visits the birthplace of the Spanish language

    Rapping Bilingualism ’round the Nation
    Kristal Bivona interviews GueroLoco — a bilingual rapper, activist, inspirational speaker who’s winning over the country with his words

    Last Writes Richard Lederer on how Anne Frank’s diary speaks to us across the years

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