Tag: language
Mental Health Services in Spanish Decline
According to a study published last month in the journal Psychiatric Services (https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202100614), between 2014 and 2019, the proportion of US centers offering mental...
Belarus Restricts Lithuanian Education
According to Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belarus will no longer allow students in its two Lithuanian-language schools to study in their native language....
US Lawmakers React against Online Spanish Misinformation
US Senators Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) and Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico), alongside US Representative Tony Cárdenas (D-California 29), led 20 colleagues in sending...
Ryanair Imposes Afrikaans Test on South African Passengers
Ryanair, one of Europe’s largest budget airlines is demanding that travelers who hold a South African passport must first pass an ‘Afrikaans’ language test...
NYC Focuses on Dyslexia
New York City announced that it would be taking increased action to support and improve the learning outcomes of dyslexic...
GAO Reports on Mitigating Learning Loss for English Learners
While the pandemic presented obstacles for many students during the 2020–21 school year, the federal General Accounting Office’s (GAO’s) nationwide survey of public K–12...
Queering English Language Classrooms
(June 2022) Ethan Trinh invites us to think and do differently
The Path to Learning a Language
I recently invited a professional to speak to my adult students who are learning English as a second language. They were very excited to...
The Change We Need to Make
Research done in the last 40 years confirms the power of providing “a rich supply of storybooks,” otherwise known as fiction. Studies consistently show...
Creating Community through Multinationalism
Although Maryam Ghatee does not speak French and has no connection to French culture, she has sent her...
