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February 2009
Plugging the Achievement Gap
Every January, Education Week publishes its annual review of the U.S. educational system and this year, for the first time, the report focuses on English language learners (ELLs) while examining states’...
March 2009
A Proven Bailout Plan
After a period of sustained economic growth in the 1980s — when Finland became known as the Nordic Tiger — in the early 1990s, the Finnish economy collapsed, partly as a...
April 2009
Making Dreams Come True
Two educational bills were re-introduced to Congress last month — The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act and The Educational Opportunity and Equity Commission Act (see News p.10)...
December 2003
Ya Talkin’ About Me?
The way we speak is important — our dialects and accents reveal cultural and historical information about us and our heritage in an almost subliminal way. Nowhere is this more evident...
November 2003
Languages for the Long Term
Everybody seems to agree that the ability to speak more than one language will soon be a prerequisite to success in our increasingly global society.
Many argue that the tolerance and...
Making Content King
Alma Krilic suggests reorganizing language programs according to their content area instead of students’ proficiency level
At the start of university language programs, students usually need to take a placement exam. The purpose...
How Long is Too Long
Diego Uribe presents a study of attaining academic English proficiency
The immigrant student population in U.S. schools is on the rise. According to Kohler and Lazarín (2007), more that 24 percent of elementary school children...
Jogging the Brain
Aned Muñiz has found that incorporating sports into her language class is a winning formula
The use of sports as a medium to increase fluency and vocabulary in a foreign language draws upon the same...
Playa and More
México and Costa Rica are deservedly two of
America’s favorite tourist destinations and they also offer
a wealth of Spanish immersion opportunities
México
México is a vast (over 750 thousand square miles) and diverse country which defies generalization....
English to Go
M. Catherine OliverSmith describes how expert execution of a simple idea has resulted in an international educational phenomenon
Last month, a brand new company that teaches English around the world using mobile phones, Urban Planet Mobile,...
