Tag: march
March 2015
Cutting to the Common Core
Fostering Academic Interaction
Kate Kinsella offers an action plan to encourage second language learners to participate in constructive classroom discussion
Stories Bring It Home
Kate Nguyen and Nile Stanley research resilience in language learners and its relationship to storytelling
Ludic Learning
Ted Martin explains why we need games in the classroom and offers some suggestions
The Cradle...
March 2014
Let Learning Emerge
Diane Larsen-Freeman applies lessons from complexity theory to language education
Empathy Starts in Schools
Juan José Vázquez-Caballero argues that it is time for world language teachers to fill the cultural deficit
Cutting to the Common Core
Changing the Playing Field
In the second installment of a two-part article, Jeff Zwiers, Susan O’Hara, and Robert Pritchard present essential shifts for teaching Common Core...
Education and Civil Rights, 50 Years After the March on Washington
Posted on August 27, 2013 on Homeroom, the official blog of the US Dept of Education by Arne Duncan
I’ve often said that education is the civil rights issue of our time. I’m not the first to say it. But what does that mean?
Civil rights means having the same opportunities that other people do –regardless of what you look like,...
March 2013
Strange Bedfellows
Julie Gordon chronicles the efforts of linguists, indigenous communities, and Google to create a comprehensive online information source on endangered languages
Speaking in Our Defense
David Edwards reflects on the first year’s work of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office
Cutting to the Common Core — Understanding Language
Kenji Hakuta and Martha Castellón present the challenges and opportunities for...
March 2012
Creating Your Own Space
Mindy Broderick raves about the functionality of Wikispaces for language classes
Talking in the Library
Jason Teshuba describes how access to online language learning programs is invigorating America’s libraries
Recognizing the Learner
Nile Stanley and Yue Meng explore the effect of culture on the learning process
Reading for Number One
Bruce B. Brown examines how independent reading can transform the...
March 2008
Redrawing the Political Langscape
Now that the Republicans have chosen their Presidential candidate and the Democratic contest is reaching its climax, political analysts across America are searching for demographic indicators to help predict the outcomes of primaries in the key states of Ohio and Texas this month.
Pundits have been quick to claim that supporters can be classified according to...
March 2011
The Communication Revolution
As dictators topple across North Africa into the Middle East, and new uprisings coalesce on almost a daily basis, one of the most striking aspects of this new revolutionary wave is the ability of its participants to communicate not only with their compatriots or comrades but across borders with news organizations and like-minded activists via social networks,...
March 2010
Keeping the Message Clear
President Obama’s appointment of Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana as assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education at the Department of Education represents an enormous opportunity for English language educators. For the first time, an English learner with first-hand experience of succeeding in a second language is in a position to make a real difference to...
March 2009
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The World as We Speak
Our forum for changes in world language
Language Learning on the Eightfold Path
Carole Poppleton believes that the application of Buddhist principles to the teaching of ESL and other languages can empower students
Speaking Defensively
Christine Tsai visits America’s most critical language institute
Responding to Intervention...
March 2008
IN THIS ISSUE:
The World as We Speak
Our forum for changes in world language
Squeezing California Schools
Karling Aguilera-Fort believes that California’s Year of Education should be renamed the Year of Increasing Disservice to Language Learners and Other Students
Language Class Students Enjoying Literature
Giovanna Comerio finds a way to incorporate literature into every level of language class
Second Life and Language
Fred Dervin explains...