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Inside the Issue — August 2016
Language Magazine
August 2016
Blending to Test Julie Damron and Jennifer Quinlan assess student outcomes in the blended classroom
California’s LEARN Initiative...
July 2016
July 2016 -- Inside the Issue
Competing Culturally
The Building cultural competence is the core mission of this publication and a recurring theme of this column,...
June 2016
Crossing the Dividing Line
The promise that educational technology would be the key to closing the achievement gap between middle-class white students and less-affluent minority...
May 2016
No Student Is an Island
Globalization is here to stay, like it or not, so all of our educational systems should strive to produce graduates...
Save Fulbright-Hays International Research/Training Funds
The draft FY2018 appropriations bill of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-H) would eliminate the Fulbright-Hays program...
The Case for Comprehensible Input
Stephen Krashen provides the evidence to support his hypothesis of second-language acquisition
The work of the last 40 years is the result of a war...
Academic Language Matters
Scott B. Freiberger faces the challenge of helping English learners get the right register
As...
Raytheon Deploys Translation Software, Aids U.S. Army
Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $4 million to provide automatic speech recognition, machine translation, text-to-speech, and optical character-recognition software licenses for one year...
Cutting to the Common Core with Lori Helman
Lori Helman shares her thoughts on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the teaching of English Language Learners (ELLs)
Language Magazine: How will implementation...
Growing Bilingual Teacher Shortage in California
A new report released by Californians Together shows that many school districts across the state are currently facing a growing bilingual teacher shortage, and...
Study Finds Visual Rhythms in Sign Language
A new study has found that patterns exist within the visual structure of...
Senate Considers Reclassification for ELL’s
The senate is considering updating the criteria for reclassification for English Language Learners (ELL’s)...