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Creating Your Own Space
Mindy Broderick raves about the functionality of Wikispaces for language classes
What’s in a wiki?
* Easy-to-use visual editor
* Unlimited pages
* Student accounts with or without email addresses
* Media and widgets from all over the web
*...
Last Writes
What the Dickens!
Richard Lederer gives us a quiz on the great Charles Dickens
Last month, we celebrated on this page the bicentennial of the birth of one of the world’s most beloved authors. Two centuries ago...
In from the Outside
Kristal Bivona sees the value in traveling abroad for teacher development
Teacher training and professional development abroad can impact a teaching career forever. Going abroad is more than just another line on the résumé; it’s...
Eat Up the Big Apple
Lizzie Olster finds something for every student in New York City
No matter what you’re looking for in a study abroad destination, New York has got you covered. Whether you’re after exhilarating new experiences or...
Recognizing the Learner
Nile Stanley and Yue Meng explore the effect of culture on the learning process
With the fast development of the Chinese economy, more and more students from China can afford to study abroad. From 2008...
Reading Across America
Read Across America week commenced on March 2. This celebration of literacy also commemorated the birthday of Dr. Seuss and promoted his book, The Lorax, which was adapted into a film starring Zac Efron,...
Why Bilinguals Code Switch
The proficiency that a bilingual person has in both languages, the context in which the languages are spoken, and unconscious changes in their use are the factors that make people who speak Spanish and...
The World As We Speak Archive
Mandarin Noted as Second Most Spoken Language in Hong Kong
New census reports Mandarin overtakes English in Hong Kong
Shanghainese Fights to Survive in China
Dialects suffer as Chinese government demands Mandarin Chinese as official language
Ce...
Shanghai Dialect Struggles to Survive in China
Shanghainese Fights to Survive in China
Dialects in China have hit a bump in the road, with the government demanding that Mandarin Chinese be spoken as the country’s official language. In particular, the number of...
International Mother Language Day
Message from
Ms Irina Bokova,
Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Mother Language Day
UNESCO, 21 February 2012
Nelson Mandela once said that “if you talk to a man in a language he understands,
that goes...
