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Language Line Services Announces Foreign Language Center of Excellence

With the various ethnic minorities of the U.S. set to be the majority by 2050 (as reported by the Pew Research Center), Language Line Services recently launched a new center for government agencies. Language...

Timing of Reclassification Key to ELL Dropout Rate

The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at the University of California, Los Angeles has released a new report comparing student enrollment history, achievement gaps, and persistence in school of English Language Learning...
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Castellano en Casa

Daniel Ward can hardly conceal his passion for this most Spanish of regions Castilla y León is not only the largest region of Spain, but the historical land which gave birth to Castellano (Castilian Spanish),...
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Making Learners Click with Digital Storytelling

Nile Stanley and Brett Dillingham see the value in connecting learning literacy, language, and technology through storytelling What Is Digital Storytelling? Storytelling is the oldest form of teaching and probably the best way to learn. Recent...
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Making Learners Click with Digital Storytelling

Nile Stanley and Brett Dillingham see the value in connecting learning literacy, language, and technology through storytelling What Is Digital Storytelling? Storytelling is the oldest form of teaching and probably the best way to learn. Recent...

Juárez Wins First National Spanish Spelling Bee (Spelling Bee es Ahora Bilingüe)

Evelyn Juárez, a seventh-grader from host-state New Mexico, made history by winning America's first National Spanish Spelling Bee this weekend. She won by correctly spelling the word bizantinismo, which means excess luxury. Juárez was locked...

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Christopher Stillwell demonstrates how skilled questioning can facilitate learning Questions can take us anywhere. “Preguntando, llegamos a Roma” (asking questions, we get to Rome), or so the expression goes. In the classroom, effective use of questions...

Excellence and Innovation in Language Learning Act

Reps. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Paul Tonko (D-NY) have introduced the Excellence and Innovation in Language Learning Act (HR 6036), a bill that would authorize $400 million in funding for FY 2011...

Excellence and Innovation in Language Learning Act

Reps. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Paul Tonko (D-NY) have introduced the Excellence and Innovation in Language Learning Act (HR 6036), a bill that would authorize $400 million in funding for FY 2011 for the...

New Film Chronicles ELL Struggles

Immersion, an elegant new short film starring San Francisco public school students in the lead roles, explores the obstacles facing English Language Learner students in English immersion programs. Moises, the elementary...
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