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The Elephant in the Education Policy Room
James J. Lyons argues that multilingualism should be the centerpiece of federal education policy
More than three years after the current version of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) known as No Child...
July 2011
Blurring Subject Borders
Most of us have a tendency to compartmentalize whatever we can — slotting information, knowledge, experiences into a defined category makes it easier for us to cope with new information. However, we...
Reaching for the Skype
Caroline Martin sees how internet-based communications are revolutionizing the language classroom
Imagine a classroom full of students conversing in Spanish. One young learner asks her conversational partner a question and the other student immediately responds....
Arabic in the Emirates
Although the Emirates are not as traditionally popular a destination to study Arabic as Syria or Jordan, they present a potentially less overwhelming alternative along with a selection of quality language centers. Dubai and...
English in America: The Shift
The Shift
On a tiny island of which one could drive across in less than four hours, it would seem plausible that after a few hundred years, its regional accents may start to merge. The...
The World As We Speak
London Libraries Ban Non-English Media
The London borough of Newham has decided to remove all of its foreign language newspapers and magazines from its libraries.
The controversial decision was made by Sir Robin Wales, long-running...
The World As We Speak
Ann Babe looks at a new reality in language learning
After years of development and testing, South Korea is set to introduce its latest English-instruction innovation, a robot teacher named Engkey, to the global market.
With...
December 2006
A Promising Start
For a change, education policy was not top of the agenda during last month’s Congressional elections, but the Democrats success in gaining control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate...
Free Interculturality – Social Media Webinar
Give interculturality a chance - Can social media make a difference?
Wednesday June 29, 2011 at 12.30-13.30 (Central European Time GMT + 2)
BROADCAST LIVE ONLINE via Elluminate
Speakers:
Fred Dervin, University of Turku, FIN (Language Magazine Contributor)
Christine...
Last Writes
Making The Alphabet Dance
Carnivores eat flesh and meat; piscivores eat fish; herbivores consume plants and vegetables; verbivores devour words. I am such a creature. My whole life I have feasted on words — ogled...
