Tag: writing
Gabriel García Márquez Is Most Translated Spanish Writer This Century
Gabriel García Márquez Is Most TranslatedSpanish Writer This Century
According to the Instituto Cervantes, which promotes Spanish language and culture around the world, Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez has overtaken Miguel de Cervantes as the...
New Arabic Publishing Strategy Announced
The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Culture and Youth has launched a new strategy to overhaul its literature and publishing industry. Noura Al Kaabi, minister of culture and youth, announced the move on the...
Telling Our Own Tales
“When we use story to help students tell their own narratives, literacy roadblocks and anxieties dissolve for even the most hesitant of learners and teachers are able to cultivate world-changing writers.”
“Even the most proficient...
Spanish Audiobook Market Soars
According to a new report by Javier Celaya and his digital consultancy Dosdoce, based...
2030 NAEP Writing Assessment Recommendations
To support multilingual learners of English (MLEs), The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), TESOL International Association, and...
A Revised Composing Process
Remember during a test when you were staring at the ceiling in elementary school, and the teacher asked you if the answer was on the ceiling? Maybe it was.
Here is a suggestion I hope...
What to Avoid When Publishing Student Writing
Writing is hard, and teaching writing is even harder. In an attempt to optimize their writing assignments, teachers often give students bad advice. While well-intended, these patterns lead to less motivation to write (boring...
Paul Krugman and the Power of Science Fiction
“My mind is so free and unburdened that I am fixing to clean up my desk.”Flannery O’ConnerQuoted by Susan Ohanian, Books Day by Day, entry for April 16
I cleaned my desk recently (more precisely,...
Evolution of the Latin Script across Ancient Civilizations
The Latin script, one of the most widely used scripts today, is believed to be derived from the Greek Chalcidian alphabet, with a strong lineage connecting it to some of the greatest ancient civilizations....
Bilingual Ed Boosts English Writing
A first-of-its-kind study from the University of Kansas (KU), examining three key cognitive functions and their role in learning to write, suggests that insufficient focus on bilingual education has hindered the progress of Hispanic...