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Cantonese Backlash in Hong Kong

An article on the Hong Kong Education Bureau’s website claiming “Cantonese is not an official language” has been removed after criticism. The article, posted...

Pearson Pays $700 million for Brazilian English Schools

With its $721 million acquisition of Brazil’s Grupo Multi, Pearson has become the market leader in English language education amongst adults in Brazil. Grupo...

300th Anniversary of Spanish Royal Academy

The first session at the Real Academia Española (RAE), or Spanish Royal Academy, was held in Madrid on 3 August 1713. The institution is...

UNESCO Welcomes AF Lyon

The Alliance Française de Lyon has joined the 250 clubs affiliated with the French Federation of UNESCO Clubs (Fédération Française des Clubs UNESCO). Since...

Spain Honors Latin American Authors

Two prestigious prizes out of Spain, the Premio Cervantes and the Cadiz Cortes IberoAmerican Freedom Prize, were awarded to authors from Latin America. Peruvian writer...

Cutting to the Common Core: Academic Language Development Network

Susan O’Hara, Jeff Zwiers, and Robert Pritchard explain the mission of the Academic Language Development Network The Academic Language Development Network (http://aldnetwork.org) is a...

January 2014

Re-Gifted Reading Stephen Krashen finds an easy way to help close the achievement gap in literacy and clean up clutter at the same time Biliterate Pride Laurie...

From the Mouths of Babes

Angelika Putintseva wants to know how many languages a child can learn simultaneously How many languages can a child learn simultaneously? WorldSpeak Language School...

Making Education More Than a Grade

Anne Paonessa assesses the impact of service learning on English language learners While the current focus in our field is on increased academic vocabulary...

Principals Still to Integrate Common Core for ELLs

According to a survey of more than a thousand elementary and middle school principals, over 70% have not taken action to integrate the Common...

Next Step China

Next Step China provides affordable and flexible programs to study Chinese in China at either a university or with highly-qualified teachers. With a thousand programs...

December 2013

Making Education More Than a Grade Anne Paonessa assesses the impact of service learning on English language learners Doing Our Best Considerations on ways to share learning From...

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