Tag: english

English Boom in North Korea

In contrast to its open hostility toward the US, North Korea has been doubling down on English education in its public schools under the...

Plan to Restore Russian in Vietnam

There is a new Russian–Vietnamese plan to bring the learning of Russian back to Vietnamese schools, despite English and Chinese being the most popular...

California Bill Requiring Kindergarten Exempts Early English Testing

Parallel California Assembly (2226) and Senate (1056) Bills...

Iñupiaq in Action

This past fall, we were writing animal counting stories in my first-grade class. I had one of the best experiences as I was working...

Miami English Recognized as Dialect

A new dialect has been found to be emerging in Miami—the distinct vernacular is a heavily Spanish-influenced dialect of American English influenced by decades...

OELA Regains Management of Title III Funds

Last month, management of Title III—the state grants...

No Benefit to Segregating English Learners

Grouping English learners (ELs) together in classrooms has...

Non-Native Speakers Failing on English Medium Courses in Sweden

A new study by Swedish language researchers has suggested a marked negative impact on students in higher education when taught in English, if they...

Swahili to Be Taught in Malawi’s Schools

President of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the country’s education sector to immediately introduce the Swahili language to school curriculums, aiming to ease business...

I Teach Content in Secondary Schools. Do I Need to Teach...

Margarita Calderón, Leticia M. Trower, and Lisa Tartaglia...
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