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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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August 2014

Retool for Fall A selection of the latest technological products for language educators Bright Learners, Big City Kristal Bivona returns from China full of its promise We are...

US High School Internationals Triple

Over the past several years, inbound international students coming to the U.S. to earn a high school diploma have grown at a much higher...

The Community Speaks

Chi Anunwa is impressed by innovative, student-led bilingual education programs in rural Mexico The state of Durango, Mexico, is a study in breathtaking contrasts. On...

July 2014

Cutting to the Common Core: The Positive Side of the Digital Divide Judith Zorfass and Tracy Gray recommend using digital text to differentiate reading instruction ...

Repaving the Campaign Trail

Kathleen Stein-Smith proposes a campaign for world language education in the U.S. based on social and political engagement, using best practices and modern strategies America...

French 3.0: The Next Generation

Report predicts the rise of French by 2050 Since Language Magazine’s last report on the ongoing, public debate over the importance of French (“French...

June 2014

Cutting to the Common Core: The Key to English Standards John Carr argues that the Collaborative Discussions element is the most important of all standards ...

From Language Skills to Teaching Prowess

Montserrat Villar González offers a personal view on developing as a language teacher There are many paths to becoming a teacher of a second or...

Lagos Introduces German and Mandarin to Schools

The government in the Nigerian state of Lagos has announced that the teaching of German and Mandarin is to commence in six schools across...

English Is Golden

California is more than a state — it’s a state of mind: dynamic, free-thinking, innovative, ecological, and liberal are just some of the adjectives...

Hitler’s Birthplace to Become Immigrant Language Center

In an interesting turn of events, the Austrian guesthouse where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 is likely to become a language center for...

Making Multilingual Movies

Nile Stanley and John Ronghua Ouyang encourage teachers to use the new literacies to inspire the next generation of multilingual filmmakers Most prospective teachers and...

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