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Guinea book festival aims to improve literacy

The 15th annual ‘72 Hours of the Book’...

Complex Languages May Shape Bilingual Brains Differently

In a recent study published in the journal...

Bilinguals React More Emotionally to Mother Tongue

A recent study by researchers in Poland has examined differences in how bilingual people respond to emotionally charged words in different languages. The study, carried...

Designing Learning Ecologies

How did you spend much of 2020? Hours...

De Facto Bilingual Education

It has been hypothesized that successful bilingual...

Study Shows Brain’s Innate Capacity for Reading

The human brain is predisposed to visualizing words, even before individuals acquire literacy, according to a team of...

Illiteracy Costs U.S. $300.8 Billion a Year

A new report estimates that illiteracy costs the U.S. approximately $300.8 billion per year. According to the "Economic Cost and Social Impact of Illiteracy" report,...

Continue Celebrating Mother Language Day!

In 1999 UNESCO declared February 21 to be International Mother Language Day to promote awareness of linguistic diversity and multilingualism. Although there are about...

2030 NAEP Writing Assessment Recommendations

To support multilingual learners of English (MLEs),...

Cardona Raises the Bar for US Bilingualism

In a speech last...
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