Tag: 2015

December 2015

  DECEMBER 2016 Year Planner Conferences, workshops, observances and grant deadlines Open Doors Report More students than ever are U.S.-bound to learn Nail Polish and Baseball Bats Diana Kennedy suggests “googling for content” to inspire students to read Growing Global Educators Deborah Ellis engages students...
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November 2015

Fact or FICTION: The PLOT thickens Stephen Krashen argues that self-selected pleasure reading of fiction is key to complex text comprehension for first- and second-language learners Skills for a Multilingual, Global Learning Community Edynn Sato...
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October 2015

B.O.O.S.T. Your Instruction! Anne Paonessa finds ways to make the most of class contact time Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves Kristal Bivona on how increased access to communications technology has created new ways schools can...

September 2015

Namer of Thrones Game of Thrones’ language creator, David J. Peterson, details his extraordinary career as Hollywood’s linguist-in-chief Building to Code Virginia “Jenny” Williams uses assessment and scaffolding to support the five stages of...
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August 2015

Making Words Dance Kwame Alexander and Chris Colderley explain why we need to read and write more poetry in (and outside of) the classroom Precision Rotation Lance Knowles applies real-world knowledge to the implementation of the...
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July 2015

Telling Stories Stephen Krashen on what to do and what not to do when reading aloud Powering Pedagogy Margaret Don offers solutions to the problems arising from using PowerPoint in the language classroom Portuguese from Cape to Cape...
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June 2015

Profile: Mohamed Abdel-Kader The U.S. Department of Education's language boss shares his motivation and goals Words + Pictures Lina Sun sees the value of using graphic novels to help develop multiliteracies French à la mode Gaétan Mathieu sees bilingualism...
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May 2015

All the School’s a Stage Pilar Alvarez, education director at the Young Storytellers Foundation, explains how the organization boosts literary confidence Boosting Brain Power Erin Bell documents reading improvement through the implementation of research-based programs Cutting to the...
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April 2015

Cutting to the Common Core Constructive Conversations Constance Dziombak finds that quality academic conversations help ELLs to clarify and express their arguments Audio Dissection Seventeen-year-old Akshay Swaminathan shares his technique to improve world-language comprehension Harnessing the Power of...
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March 2015

Cutting to the Common Core Fostering Academic Interaction Kate Kinsella offers an action plan to encourage second language learners to participate in constructive classroom discussion Stories Bring It Home Kate Nguyen and Nile Stanley research resilience...
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