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Reading Research Leading to Teaching Practice
For years, research into how students learn to read has progressed without really making its way into the classrooms where that learning is happening....
Professional Opinions
For some inexplicable reason, here in the US, we fail to recognize that many of our best-qualified professionals are educators, who deserve to be...
Bilingual and Dual-Language Teacher Preparation Programs
► University of DelawareProgram Title: 4+1 MA in childhood education in languages, literatures and cultures (with elementary teacher education or early childhood education BS)Format:...
Language at the Intersection
“Each year, JNCL-NCLIS delegates and dedicated language advocates across the country unite to meet with Members of Congress and promote the importance of language...
After Whiteness III
(February 2022) J. P. B. Gerald, Vijay A. Ramjattan, and Scott Stillar share ideas on how the ELT industry could evolve if Whiteness were successfully decentered
Stories of Kindness
A few years back, I kept a weekly appointment with 20-some-odd kids who loved to read and write stories. The unpaid assignment promised job-hungry...
Native Language Programs Awarded Grants through NEH
Three Native American language projects have been announced to have received funding from the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH). One such project titled "Translating...
But You’re Not What We’re Looking For
(January 2022) Mary Romney-Schaab explores employment discrimination in English language teaching
Multilingual Experiences for All Students
How have your experiences prepared you for this role?I’ll begin by sharing this: Many years before I was born, there was a teacher in...
Backward Design
Comprehensible input. Movies. Language clubs. Guest speakers. Pirates. Conversations. Fly-swatter vocabulary matches. Video pen pals. Study abroad.A language program can take many forms and...
World Leaders Learn from Native Languages
World leaders at the COP26 climate summit in Scotland have been urged to shift their thinking about the climate crisis to focus on humanity’s...
Mi’kmaw to Be Enshrined as Nova Scotia’s First Language
Mi’kmaw is Nova Scotia’s first language and legislation next spring will help preserve, revitalize, and promote it, according to an announcement by the Canadian...