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April 2013

Ladino Bryan Kirschen is working to revitalize the Judeo-Spanish tongue that was exiled long ago from the Mediterranean Mainstreaming ESL Common Core State Standards are putting...

Colombia

Destinacíon Fantastico Colombia is a fantastic destination for students wanting to experience South America. Although it is still working to shake a bad reputation from...

Understanding Language

Kenji Hakuta and Martha Castellón present the challenges and opportunities for English Language Learners If you were a surfer, the Common Core State Standards and...

Mathematically Speaking

Gisela Ernst-Slavit and David Slavit explore the linguistic challenges created by calculations Do you speak math? Not sure what we mean? Well, math can be...

Spanish Fiesta

Salamanca may be famous for its tradition of educational excellence as well as the fun-filled fiestas that ignite the city in February Salamanca is...

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...

February 2013

European Revitalization Careful management can revive dying languages Winning the Masters Statistical trends point to increased demand for well-qualified ESL teachers so David Newman suggests...

U.S. 4th Grade Reading Among Best in World

U.S. 4th Grade Reading Among Best in World Maybe our schools are better than we are being led to believe! Results of the 2011 PIRLS...

January 2013

Mother Knows Best An African experiment lends considerable weight to the argument for mother-tongue education 2013 Wish List for World Languages What could we do this...

Quote of 2012

"This sounds kind of a weird superpower but, if I had something that I could immediately wish for, I would love to be able...

International Students Add $23 Billion to U.S. Economy

The 2012 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released today, finds that the number of international students at colleges and universities in the...

November 2012

Improving Character Recognition in Chinese Stephen Krashen argues that meaningful reading is the route to literacy, whatever the language Accenting Improvements Lois Spitzer...

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