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Cooperative Construction
Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove examine the architecture of co-assessment practices for English learners
The topic of assessment often weighs heavily on the shoulders of...
A Time for Reflection
Ingrid T. Colón argues that self-examination is critical for dual-language educators
Historically, in the U.S., deficit perspectives about linguistically diverse students have dominated the conversation. Fortunately,...
Preschool Reading Boosts Language Skills by Eight Months
A new review of existing research finds that receptive language skills—the ability to understand information – are improved by the equivalent of eight...
‘UNConference’ Highlights Professionalism of Language Contractors
The Association of Language Companies (ALC) will be hosting its annual UNConference January 17-19, in Huntington Beach, California. While this gathering of the brightest minds and...
Bridging the Gap Between Awareness and Action
Trey Calvin explains how to advocate for America’s languages
Imagine if we thought about math the same way we think about world languages in our...
International Year of Indigenous Languages Website is Launched
The International Day of the World's Indigenous People's is well-timed for UNESCO to launch a special website (link is external)
dedicated to the International...
A Statistically Significant Success Story
Kate Kinsella and Theresa Hancock offer a compelling story about a successful
program that put hundreds of adolescent English learners on the pathway to...
Study Abroad Reaches New Highs
The latest Open Doors report shows record numbers of students are studying abroad but new international enrollments in the U.S. are dropping
The number of...
Recognizing Gifted English Learners
The National Center for Research on Gifted Education (NCREGE) has published a study, commissioned...
EdTech for English Learners
U.S. Department of Education data show that English learners in grades K–12 in U.S. public schools in the 2015–16 school year numbered over five...
Making S-PACE for Grammar
Manuela Gonzalez-Bueno introduces a new model to teach second-language grammar
The complexities of teaching and learning a foreign language have been greatly explored over the last...
Decoding Versus Cognitive Ability
Terrie L. Noland believes we need to understand the automaticity of executing lower-level reading processes in order to master higher-level comprehension
Automaticity is necessary in everything we do to enable...
