June 2024 Inside the Issue

Why Comics Do Good
Deimosa Webber-Bey proves that encouraging kids to read what they want kickstarts literacy acquisition

Celebrating Language Education: A Path to a Multilingual and Inclusive Future
María Carreira opens the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese conference

Hessabi’s Method: The Power of Interesting Comprehensible Reading for Lower-Level Students
Stephen Krashen reports on an exciting and very recent chapter in his career

Native American Influencers
Anne Fountain focuses on the relevance of Indigenous languages of the Americas for teachers of Spanish and Portuguese

Mastering Spanish
A selection of programs that delve deeply into the Spanish language

Spanish to the Core
If you want to improve your Spanish, be you a beginner or a fluent educator, try going to its centro

Breaking Down the Monolingual Wall V: Collaborate to Thrive 
Andrea Honigsfeld and Joan Lachance convert collaboration in a monolingual setting to collaboration in a dual language setting

Empowering Multilingual Learners through the Teaching of Writing              
Pam Allyn offers ten ways to change our students’ lives through writing

Paving Pathways for Multilinguals            
Meghan Gregoire-Smith starts a new series on career and technical education (CTE) with a guide to leveraging CTE in support of secondary multilingual learners

Let Students Stand Up          
Lucía Osa-Melero shares post-pandemic stories of successful student interaction in multicultural communities