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Reflections in the Water
Occasionally, I’ll wear a long red-and-black huipil that was made for me a few years ago while I was teaching in Mexico. Every time I put it on, its bold colors and unusual style...
Enabling Heritage Language Reading
“All language is a longing for home.” When Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, 1207–1273), a well-known Persian poet, wrote this in the 13th century, one could not have assumed it would also embody the...
From Monolingualism to Multilingualism: Breaking Down the Wall One Essential Shift at a Time
DAN ALPERT: What are the most important academic, cognitive, and cultural benefits of multilingualism?
IVANNIA SOTO: There are so many benefits associated with multilingualism. Cognitively, multilingual proficiency strengthens how the brain functions. For example, bilingualism...
Bill to Boost Bilingual Access in the House
Last month, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva introduced the Supporting Young Language Learners’ Access to Bilingual Education (SYLLABLE) Act in the House of Representatives. The bill helps establish high-quality dual-language immersion programs in communities with...
Alternativas – Spanish Study Abroad
Instituto Superior de Español (Ecuador)
At Instituto Superior de Español (ISE), they believe passionately that to learn Spanish it’s not enough to simply attend classes.
For more than 31 years, they have been teaching people...
Trump Signs Measure To Extend Grant Programs to Preserve Indigenous Languages
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a measure that extends federal grant programs aimed at preserving Indigenous languages and expands eligibility so more tribes can participate. The measure cleared the House with bipartisan support, while...
French
French (français) is a Romance language spoken, around the world, by about 130 million people as a first language (mother tongue), by 190 million as a second language, and by about another...
France
Romantic and beautiful, France has much to offer for students wanting to study French immersion. While many students will opt to study in Paris, there are also many other locations to study, from the...
FluentWorlds: 3D/VR Gaming Platform
Imagine a classroom in which, instead of interfering with learning, video game technology is at the core of the instructional paradigm. Video games are a dominant form of entertainment today because they are immersive,...
October 2019 Inside the Issue
Putting Students First
Peter Brunn offers a guide to putting social and emotional learning into practice for English language learners
Vocabulary and the Mental Lexicon
Heidi Brumbaugh explains how understanding the mental lexicon can provide...
