Young Russians Learning Chinese
According to a report last month in China Daily, “The surge in demand for Chinese lessons in Russia reflects the nation’s shift toward the...
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Live at TESOL: Advocating for All: Addressing Social Justice and Linguicism in ELT
Visitors at TESOL should head to the panel by Ayanna Cooper, Ed.D., editor of Language Magazine's Pass the Mic Series. The need for social...
Iranians Protest Mother Tongue Marginalization
In advance of Mother Language Day, about a thousand Iranians who grew up speaking a minority language took to Twitter to express their sense...
UNESCO Sees Role of EdTech in Multilingual Learning
The theme of last month’s International Mother Language Day, “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities,” raised the potential of technology to...
Académie Française Rails Against ‘Californisms’
France’s official authority on the vocabulary and grammar of its language has targeted a new threat: “les Californisms.”That’s the name the Académie Française (or...
Developing Machine Translation for ASL
Though automatic translation engines like Google Translate are far from perfect, they have become useful tools to help individuals communicate, particularly for high-demand...
Encouraging Spanish/Portuguese Collaboration
During last month’s Second International Conference on Portuguese and Spanish Languages (CILPE) in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, leading Ibero-American language experts came together to...
California Seeks to Expand Bilingual Teacher Prep
California has outlined several goals for its education system, which are rapidly approaching over the course of the next decade. Among these are plans...
Directory of Best-Practice Programs for Diverse Language Learners
To help connect educational innovations with the learners who want and need them most, the America’s Languages Working Group is launching a first-of-its-kind...
How Gender Bends Meaning
English does not have grammatical gender—nouns are not classified as “masculine” or “feminine” as they are in other European languages. But we do have...
Hearts and Minds
As the Russian army proceeds with its invasion of Ukraine, our natural inclination to defend the weaker, younger, more democratic nation against its aggressive,...
The Metaverse and Language Education
In the 1990s, the animated television series The Magic School Bus became well-known for its louder-than-life main character Ms. Frizzle, who took her...
Concern Grows Over School Staff Shortages
A new national survey finds deep public concern about the K–12 school workforce—83% of Americans express concerns about public school staff shortages, while 81%...
