Tag: language
Adding Madness to Method
Nothing draws more heated arguments in the field of language instruction than methods. Between trademarks and remarks, there has been much divisive debate on...
Speech May Be Ten Times Older Than Previously Thought
New research suggests that speech may not be dependent on the “descended larynx” which could mean that our ancestors were talking 20 million years...
Congress Creates New K-12 World Languages Grant Program
On December 9, 2019, the House and Senate agreed to establish a new world language grant program as a part of the 2020 National...
All You Need is Read
Dianne Henderson and Gene Kerns offer practical strategies to help all students reap the benefits of reading
A new report says that nearly half of...
Spanish through Music & Friendship in Tijuana
Univoice Corporation, the developer of a language-learning platform that teaches languages exclusively through music, has started its first learning class in Tijuana, Mexico. This...
Washington Post Launches New Spanish-Language Post Opinión
The Washington Post has launched a new Spanish-language opinions
section on their website, Post Opinión. The section pulls from editors cross-border
in Washington D.C. and Mexico,...
Talking Faster, Saying the Same
According to
a new study (“Different languages, similar encoding efficiency: comparable
information rates across the human communicative niche”) published in Science
Advances, languages differ in complexity and...
Bridging the Gap with Lindie Lou
The Lindie Lou Adventure Series books are charming, educational chapter books written at a second-grade reading level by author Jeanne Bender. Used in schools...
‘Blowfish Effect’: How Children Learn Words
Even young children know what typical dogs and fish look like, and they apply that knowledge when they hear new words, reports a team...
Speaking by Numbers
Martha Edelson and Lori Langer de Ramirez share the consequences of motivation and affect in teaching middle school world languages and math
As teachers of...
