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Adult-Acquired Bilingualism Benefits the Aging Brain
New research reveals that bilingualism has a positive effect on cognition later in life. Findings published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the...
New Directions for Technology Use in ELL Instruction
As K–12 districts aim to improve learning for a wide range of students facing unique challenges, education leaders need to be particularly mindful of the English language learning (ELL) student population. Of all the students in public schools in the U.S., an estimated 9.3% were ELLs in the 2013–14 school year. Though ELL students have made strides in reading, leaping 22 points in average fourth-grade reading scores from 2000 to 2015, this group of students is consistently behind their non-ELL peers in this area.
Summer Literacy Resources
Language Magazine explores different methods and resources for students to keep up with their studies over the summer in fun ways.
Start With a Book
To...
Help Your Students Slide Up, Not Down, Over the Summer
During the summer months, young children lose literacy gains made during the school year,...
Fluency Matters to Readers
Fluency Matters offers a wide range of compelling leveled readers specifically designed to facilitate language acquisition with novice to intermediate level students. All readers...
A Futile War
Ross Thorburn rejects the illogical insistence upon banning mother tongues in the second-language classroom
The War on Drugs
In 1998, the United Nations decided that it...
Tensions in Teaching Spanish
Ann Abbott sees tensions in Spanish programs that cannot hold
In one of my...
The Art of Teaching
M. Elhess, E. Elturki, and J. Egbert offer strategies to support creativity in the language classroom
“Our students aren’t creative,” claimed one of the language teachers in the...
What Does Good Blended Learning Look Like?
Stephen Noonoo shares best practices for blended learning...
Helping Academic English Learners Develop Productive Word Knowledge
Dr. Kate Kinsella offers evidence-based instructional practices to advance students’ verbal and written command of critical words
Vocabulary Knowledge and Overall Academic Achievement
Vocabulary plays a crucial...
Taking Teaching to New Heights
Denise Murray examines the future of the TESOL profession in preparation for next month’s international summit
What are the megatrends (political, economic, social, intercultural, legal,...
