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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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One Hispanic World

Spain's education, culture and sports minister called for the creation of a common cultural market of the Spanish language at the close of the...

Alaska Home to Rare Russian Dialect

Linguists to compile dictionary from septuagenarian speakers by 2014. A Russian settlement in Alaska that became isolated from the Russian Empire when the U.S. bought...

August 2013

Cutting to the Common Core Making Vocabulary Number One Dr. Kate Kinsella offers strategies for prioritizing vocabulary for competent text analysis, discussion, and constructed response Child’s Play Kennedy...

Seeing with Spanish Eyes

Musetta Reed and Lauren Rovin use film and TV to bring authentic content into the classroom LoMásTV LoMásTV: Spanish Immersion TV is a set of short...

Overcoming Portunhol: Portuguese for Spanish Speakers

U.S. universities have been hip to the unique challenges that Spanish speakers face when they learn Portuguese. Many universities that offer Portuguese also offer...

Brazil Beckoning

As the Brazilian economy booms, opportunities for Portuguese speakers abound, and picking it up may be easier than you think. Bahia While many think of Rio...

Australian Innovation

A new language which combines elements of English with traditional indigenous speech has been discovered in northern Australia, according to a new study published...

Call for More German in Europe

German chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative coalition is calling for an increase in the use of German in Europe in its campaign program. If the...

Babel Film Festival 2013

The Babel Film Festival is the first film competition for minority films that use minority languages, dialects, slang, or sign language. The aim is...

Sixth Spanish Language Conference

"El español en el libro" (The Book in Spanish) will be the slogan of the VI International Congress of the Spanish Language, which will be...

July 2013

Recognizing U.S. Spanish Armando Guerrero recommends decisive action to stop the exclusion of the American Spanish vernacular in the classroom Cutting to the Common Core: Decoding...

June 2013

L’ Histoire de Notre Succès Benoît Le Dévédec reveals why New York’s French Heritage Language Program has been such a success Closing the Vocabulary Gap Alex Rappaport...

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