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May 2006
Immigration Right
Over the last few weeks, the immigration debate has been raging across the U.S. as millions of demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest against the draconian provisions of the proposed...
October 2008
Hole Language
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) has recently created a furor by issuing an edict requiring that all competitors in its tour speak English or face suspension. The controversy soon spilled from...
September 2005
Overstepping the Mark
In the U.S., education has been a key issue in national politics for decades, but the level of federal involvement in what is supposedly a state responsibility has never been greater....
April 2011
A Land of Contrasts
No matter which party is in power or what time of year it is, there is one thing that you can be sure of in America — whatever your viewpoint; there...
Last Writes
Playing With Accordion Words
Garnering twelve Academy Award nominations and four Oscars, including Best Picture, The King’s Speech became, on February 28, the most honored film of the year. Among its many excellencies is the...
Moving On
Tracy Auerbach believes that kinesthetic learning techniques improve vocabulary learning across disciplines
When I first began teaching science to grades K-2, I was struck by the amount of content knowledge and vocabulary that my young...
Music, Maestro
Keith Mason describes the glee that musicals can bring to the language classroom
Overture
Musicals help form the fabric of American popular culture. Fairy tale and cartoon characters featured in animated and classic musicals such...
Multistory Construction
Carol Gaab explains the relevance of teaching proficiency through reading and storytelling to modern teaching
TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) is an input-based approach to teaching language that focuses on the systematic instruction...
Texas Roundup
A quick guide to the Lone Star State’s latest textbook adoptions for English learners
1/ Writing Coach (Pearson Prentice Hall) is a personalized writing and grammar program for middle and high school students....
May 2005
Study in Security
This issue contains our annual focus on international education to coincide with the NAFSA: Association of International Educators’ convention in Seattle. This subject is very dear to my heart since I was...
