Tag: language
Europe Celebrates Linguistic Diversity with European Day of Languages
The European Day of Languages (EDL) is an annual celebration day to encourage language learning across Europe. At the initiative of the Council of...
Cultivating a Personal Style
Juliet Falce-Robinson insists on individual style in a skills-based approach to language teaching
The goal of a successful language program is to foment and foster...
States’ Commitment to English Learners Examined
Two reports have been submitted to the U.S. Department of Education which examine the extent to which states’ education plans are in step with...
Implementing a Strong Phonics Program
Lynn Hobratschk, Amy Jones, and Lisa Toole share their best practices for choosing curriculum, training educators, and maintaining focus
According to some recent research, phonics...
A Pedagogy of Translanguaging
One day at recess, a distraught five-year-old approached me...
Standardized Testing Detriment to Minority Children
Over the last year or so, the movement against high-stakes standardized testing has subsided, maybe due to educational activists focusing their attention on more...
Unintended Consequences
Katie Nielson asks if online collaboration may sabotage language learning
Facing decreased enrollment and increasing student demand for a return on investment, higher education is...
Spanish ‘More Important than Ever’
According to the latest estimations of Spain’s Instituto Cervantes, there are now more than 577 million Spanish speakers (7.6% of the global population) in...
Russian, Ruslan Ustinov, Crosses Chinese Bridge First
Russian student Ruslan Ustinov won the 17th Chinese Bridge Chinese Language Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students last month in Changsha, in central China’s...
Mix of Japanese-Indigenous Languages Survives in Taiwan
In the town of Hanhsi in the northeastern mountains here, where many of the Atayal indigenous people reside, a language resembling Japanese -- "Yilan...
