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Breaking Down the Monolingual Wall III

Premise: Nationally, there is a higher demand for biliteracy....

Deconstructing English Learner Labels, Constructing Multilingual Schools

Across tens of thousands of US schools, a myriad of labels, from limited English proficient, former limited English proficient, and English...

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Harnessing the Power of a Teacher’s Pen

Kelly Boswell argues that teachers should share their creative writing processes to benefit their students I recently asked a group of teachers to reflect on...

April 2015

Cutting to the Common Core Constructive Conversations Constance Dziombak finds that quality academic conversations help ELLs to clarify and express their arguments Audio Dissection Seventeen-year-old Akshay Swaminathan...

Rapping Bilingualism ’round the Nation

Kristal Bivona interviews GueroLoco — a bilingual rapper, activist, inspirational speaker who’s winning over the country with his words GueroLoco wears many hats: he’s an...

Marvel Celebrates Free Comic Book Day in Spanish

¡Feliz día del cómic gratis! May 2nd is national Free Comic Book Day, and Marvel is offering for the first time a free, multi-story, Spanish...

Stories Bring It Home

Kate Nguyen and Nile Stanley research resilience in language learners and its relationship to storytelling International students who study a second language abroad may experience...

Are Arabic Schools in France Really Hotbeds for Radicalism?

Secret report accuses French heritage-language programs of ghettoizing and radicalizing French-born youth French conservatives are in an uproar over a 2013 report that recently surfaced...

Tonal Languages Use Both Sides of the Brain

Language learning and processing is usually dominated by the left side of the brain, which is adept at tasks that involve logic and analytical...

March 2015

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...

Promote Youth Literacy with Read Across America Day

Read Across America Day is held on March 2nd, the birthday of children's author Dr. Seuss, and is celebrated with events and activities designed...

Celebrate International Mother Language Day

Inclusive Education through and with Language - Language Matters Message from the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova: 2015 marks the 15th anniversary of International Mother Language...

Relevance of Rights for All

Ayanna Cooper incorporates social justice into the Common Core for English learners To date, 43 states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department...

February 2015

Cross-Sector Collaboration Promises Progress Kathy Stein-Smith assesses the role of the Language Enterprise in addressing the U.S. world-language deficit Relevance of Rights for All Ayanna Cooper incorporates...

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