Tag: bilinguals
Six Myths about Emergent Bilinguals
There are enough myths about emergent bilinguals to drive English learner (EL) educators crazy trying to correct them all. We’ve gathered six of the...
Research Examines the Economic Benefits of Bilingualism
Ingrid T. Colón gathers the financial evidence to support multilingualism
"fluent bilinguals earned more than $5,400 annually than their monolingual peers"
Helping students retain and...
The Right to Multiple Identities
Editorial by Dan Ward
The constitutional crisis in Spain’s autonomous region of Cataluña highlights the new reality of identification in our globalized world. Although many...
Bilinguals Better Equipped to Process Information
Speaking more than one language is good for the brain, according to new research that indicates bilingual speakers process information more efficiently and...
Bilinguals More Mentally Flexible
Bilingual speakers can switch languages seamlessly, likely developing a higher level of mental flexibility than monolinguals, according to Penn State linguistic researchers.
"In the past,...
