Tag: language
The Wonderful World of Words
Vocabulary is one of the Five Pillars of Literacy. A deep understanding of nuanced words is key for comprehension and spoken and written communication....
From Watering Down to Challenging: Breaking Down the Wall, One Essential...
DAN ALPERT: In Breaking Down the Wall, you underscore the problem of tracking English learners into lower-level courses in which “they experience a curriculum...
Sustaining Community
While no one was prepared for the pandemic shuttering of physical school buildings, K–12 teachers of less commonly taught languages were perhaps the most...
French-Medium Education Wins Big in Canada
After a ten-year battle, Canada’s Supreme Court has ruled that the province of British Columbia has failed in its responsibility to provide equal...
Creating and Curating Digital Content for Class
In the minutes before your next class is set to begin, take a quick look over your students as they come in and get...
Podcasting into the Future
Do you listen to podcasts? With over 800,000 podcasts available as of December 2019, addressing just about any topic imaginable regardless of how narrow...
‘No Barrier’ to Chinese Becoming ‘Global Language’
Australian author and professor Dr. Jeffrey Gil, of Flinders University in Adelaide, claims there is “no barrier” stopping Chinese becoming a “global language” like...
Enabling Heritage Language Reading
“All language is a longing for home.” When Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, 1207–1273), a well-known Persian poet, wrote this in the 13th century,...
The Science of Reading
Does reading really matter that much now that we’re in the digital age?
Yes! In fact, in the digital age, when we encounter so...
From Monolingualism to Multilingualism: Breaking Down the Wall One Essential Shift...
DAN ALPERT: What are the most important academic, cognitive, and cultural benefits of multilingualism?
IVANNIA SOTO: There are so many benefits associated with multilingualism. Cognitively,...
