Without Active Listening, Students Fall on Deaf Ears
Rumi in the Language Classroom Series Vol 2
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One of the Rumi’s poems in ‘Masnavi-e-Manavi’ tells a story of a deaf man who...
The Future of Adult Language Travel – 2020 and Beyond
A new survey of 246 agents and 111 language schools across five regions taken in July by ALTO (Association of Language Travel Organisations) and has revealed that over the summer 2020 period, both agencies...
The Weaponization of English
In his 1971 hit, Marvin Gaye laments “make me wanna holler, the way they do my life…” The lyrics...
Few U.S. Hispanics Have Heard of Latinx, Even Fewer Use It
According to a new report by the Pew Research Center, only 23% of U.S. adults who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino have heard of the term Latinx, and just 3% say they use it...
Rumi in the Language Classroom: Diversity of Knowledge & Teaching
Rumi in the Language Classroom Series Vol 1
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Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, also known as Mawlana "our master" and more popularly as Rumi,...
Celebrate World Emoji Day
2020 marks a decade for experiencing emojis, and July 17th is World Emoji Day. In 2010, Unicode made the decision to codify Emojis - giving them international scope in every coding (and linguistic) language...
Hip-Hop Informs the Education Classroom in New Book
Professor Edmund Adjapong, program director in the Department of Educational Studies at Seton Hall University, has published the second volume in a series on what has come to be known as “Hip-Hop Education.”
The series...
Dismantling Racism: Working from the Inside Out
America is crying everyone’s tears. Crying because of all she stands for—the freedom, liberty, and opportunity that has not...
Scrabble Removes Racial, Ethnic Slurs From Official Word List
On Wednesday, the North American Scrabble Players Association announced that derogatory language would be removed from the game's official word list. The decision comes after an online poll was conducted by the North American...
Spanish U.S. Anthem Highlights Hispanics’ Role in COVID-19 Battle
The Nonprofit organization We Are All Human Foundation (WAAH), which seeks to celebrate and promote diversity and inclusion, commissioned a brand-new recording of the national anthem as part of its Hispanic Star campaign, highlighting...