Learning Chinese Stimulates Both Temporal Lobes
New evidence suggests that studying Chinese and learning to write Chinese characters may train a whole array of cognitive abilities not developed by learning...
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Rumi in the Language Classroom Vol 5: The Pain of Professional Development
Rumi in the Language Classroom Series Vol 5
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In the fifth part of...
California Bill Would Redefine Dual Language Learners
A new bill in the California State Assembly could...
Studying Abroad Improves Fluency and Lexis ‘Rapidly’
Study abroad programs are a mainstay of university language departments all over the world—and for good reason, too. Studying abroad—even for a relatively short...
Cervantes Counters Spanish Sexism
On International Women’s Day last month, Spain’s Instituto Cervantes and publisher Penguin Random House launched the Guide to Non-Sexist Communication (Guía de comunicación no...
Translanguaging as a Transformative Force in Literacy
Translanguaging is a 21st-century way of thinking about language...
Learn a New Language to Boost Brain Activity
A new study, published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, shows that studying a new language boosts brain activity, which then reduces as language skills...
Setting a New Federal Agenda on English Learner Education
With the beginning of a new presidential administration earlier this year, some language activists and thinkers believe 2021 could be a pivotal year for...
Navajo Goes Extraterrestrial
The first scientific focus of NASA’s Perseverance rover is a rock named “Máaz” – the Navajo word for “Mars.” The rover’s team, in collaboration...
Bilingual Infants Prefer Baby Talk
Babies pay more attention to baby talk than regular speech, regardless of which languages they’re used to hearing, according to a study led by...
Court Rejects Special Status for Russian in Moldova
Last month, Moldova’s constitutional court rejected a law that would have given special status to the Russian language (Language Magazine, January 2021). The law...
House Passes DREAM Act
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the American Dream and Promise Act by 228-197 in its first push on immigration reform under the...
Spanish Speaks in Florida’s Elections
A settlement has been reached in one of the largest lawsuits filed under the 1965 Voting Rights Act, over providing Spanish-language ballots and assistance...
