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The Portuguese Leviathan
Kristal Bivona explores the natural and cultural diversity of Brazil
Wake up and smell the cafezinho. The world is finally recognizing that Brazil is half of Latin America and potentially the next world superpower. Students...
How is Cosmo Acquiring English?
Stephen Krashen turns to a parrot to prove the importance of the affective filter
Cosmo is an African Grey parrot who has lived with Betty Jean Craige for ten years (since May, 2002). Cosmo was...
Stressful Speech
Viviane Gontijo studies the effect of lowering anxiety levels on oral language production
Among all the negative emotions, anxiety is considered “the most pervasively affective factor that obstructs the learning process” (Arnold, 1999, p.8)....
Accelerating Academic Vocabulary
Yu Ren Dong reveals strategies for teaching academic vocabulary to ELLs in the Common Core era
Research has shown that a lack of academic vocabulary prevents English Language Learners (ELLs) from achieving academic success. On...
ebook: SSR in Asia
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SSR in Asia: Empirical studies of sustained silent reading in English as a foreign language
Table of Contents
1. Cho, K.S. and Kim, Hey Jung. Recreational...
July 2012
Cutting to the Common Core
Lori Helman shares her thoughts on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the teaching of English Language Learners (ELLs)
Accelerating Academic Vocabulary
Yu Ren Dong reveals strategies for teaching academic vocabulary...
Source: Funding Opportunities for Language Learning
Oswalt Endangered Language Grant
Berkeley graduate students (in any department) are invited to apply for funding for linguistic fieldwork on endangered languages. This funding comes through the Robert L. Oswalt Graduate Student Support Endowment for...
Feds Face Foreign Language Crisis
In a Senate panel entitled “A National Security Crisis: Foreign Language Capabilities in the Federal Government,” senators listened as experts described the dearth of federal employees with foreign language skills that is leaving the...
The French Revolution
Fabrice Jaumont charts the rise French-English dual-language programs
Two New York City public schools have been selected by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to receive the newly created FrancEducation Label which recognizes...
Last Writes
Richard Lederer on the Name is the Game
The fastest man in the world is Usain Bolt. Louis Jean and Auguste Marie Lumiere created the first movies that told stories. In French, Lumiere means “light.”...
