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The Business of English Teaching Overseas
Todd Squitieri gets down to the nitty-gritty of how to make a living as an EFL teacher
It used to be that you went to...
Assessing Literacy Effectively
Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell see assessment as the gateway to responsive teaching
Using sound instructional approaches within your classroom community enables you...
Mix of Japanese-Indigenous Languages Survives in Taiwan
In the town of Hanhsi in the northeastern mountains here, where many of the Atayal indigenous people reside, a language resembling Japanese -- "Yilan...
Justice Ministry to Close Study Abroad Loophole For Foreign Students to Work
The Justice Ministry plans to tighten rules for running Japanese-language schools from October in a bid to close loopholes that allow foreign students to...
Dual Language Italian Style
Ross Nelhams explores the benefits and challenges of teaching a class of Italian first graders in English, and asks what we can learn from...
Growth Planner Helps Students Prepare for Future
MetaMetrics’ Growth Planner is a tool to determine if students are on track to graduate college and career ready. With the tool, students, educators,...
Informing Instruction for English Learners
A fresh start. A clean slate. The beginning of a new school year can be brimming with possibilities and excitement around the growth potential that...
Improving Learner Outcomes
David Bong explains the what, why, and how of measuring world language skills
The world of language assessment is endlessly fascinating. What, why, and how...
Early Literacy Especially Important for ELLs
A new study from Oregon State University (OSU) shows that English learners are more likely to become proficient English speakers if they enter kindergarten with...
Mutual Understanding with Intercomprehension
Clorinda Donato and Pierre Escudé explain how intercomprehension is the basis for their Multilingual Romance Languages Learning Project
What if the target language suddenly became multiple languages learned...
Smarter Balanced Making the Grade
Rachel Kachchaf explains how the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium is helping to improve outcomes for English language learners
What improvements/provisions do the latest versions...
Report Challenges California’s System to Identify English Learner Needs
Study of local plans identifies key improvements to fix the system
Californians Together is releasing a new report today entitled Masking the Focus on English...