California Bill Requiring Kindergarten Exempts Early English Testing
Parallel California Assembly (2226) and Senate (1056) Bills have been introduced that would require children to attend one year of kindergarten before enrolling in...
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Talking Faster, Saying the Same
According to
a new study (“Different languages, similar encoding efficiency: comparable
information rates across the human communicative niche”) published in Science
Advances, languages differ in complexity and...
Scholar Self-Immolates Over Language Extinction
An academic activist, Albert Razin, died in Russia after setting himself on fire in a political protest about government policy surrounding his native Udmurt...
43 Million American Adults Have ‘Low’ English Literacy Levels
White and Hispanic adults make up the largest percentage of U.S. adults with low levels of English literacy, according to the most recent results...
NZ Commits to Million Māori Speakers
Māori Development Minister, Hon Nanaia Mahuta, says New Zealand's commitment to ensure basic te reo is spoken by a million people in 2040 took...
There’s No Sound Like Home
Study shows that babies learn language best from speakers who sound like their caregivers. Language development in bilingual children remains a contested and enigmatic...
‘Blowfish Effect’: How Children Learn Words
Even young children know what typical dogs and fish look like, and they apply that knowledge when they hear new words, reports a team...
New Media Literacy Resources Available Online
The California Department of Education (CDE) has created an online media
literacy resource page for educators. The page provides access to free K–12
resources, instructional materials,...
Japan Takes Responsibility for Language
Japan’s parliament, the Diet, has responded to the steady growth of foreign residents by passing a law making the government responsible for Japanese-language education....
Meaningful Professional Growth
Amanda Seewald offers a spoonful of thoughts from a teacher coach
The most creative people I know are educators of some sort. As educators, we...
Kashmiri Challenged
The Indian government’s decision to revoke the autonomy of
the territory of Jammu and Kashmir may also have implications for the status of
the Kashmiri language....
Experts Not Hopeful on Vietnam’s English Targets
Education experts are expressed concern that the targets set for Vietnam’s foreign language proficiency are set to fail at a recent meeting on English...
Educating English Learners with Disabilities
California Department of Education (CDE) has released the much-anticipated “California Practitioners’ Guide for Educating English Learners with Disabilities.” The guide will help with identifying,...
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