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December 2010
Hard Times, Higher Goals
Last month, Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, delivered the keynote address at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages convention which repeated the familiar theme...
November 2010
Devolve and Evolve
So often when we talk about learning, we refer only to students in educational institutions even though we know that it is an ongoing process which hopefully continues for every single day...
Arresting Fossilization
Susanne Gardner offers solutions to the case of an incarcerated adult second language learner whose progress has halted
Language fossilization is a broad term used to describe many forms of arrested progress in second language (L2)...
Streaming Aloud
Tim Stewart analyzes literacy and communication skills in the liquid-modern world
Recent editorials in Language Magazine caught my attention. In the June 2010 issue, the wonders of our global village are outlined to make the...
French Forecast
A new report examines the current worldwide importance of the French language and predicts that it may be spoken by more than 700 million people by 2050
French is spoken by more people than ever —...
A Language Reporter at Large
by Richard Lederer
Being both a bird watcher and a word botcher, I recently took my three granddaughters to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, where we attended “Frequent Flyers,” the famous bird show. Our...
The State of French in 2010
French is spoken by more people than ever
220 million worldwide, 20 million more than in 2007, according to a new report launched by the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) at its summit in...
Opening Spanish Eyes
Courtney St.Onge on how Advanced Placement Spanish courses are opening up opportunities for Latino students
As a young child speaking Spanish at home, María Catalina Catalán did not yet see the possibilities of a dual-language...
Transitioning Adult ESL Students to College
Lijun Shen demonstrates strategies to address the different needs of college-bound adult English learners
Many adult learners who study English as a Second Language (ESL) stay in adult literacy programs for years without moving on...
Chile Celebrates in the Face of Adversity
The Chilean spirit is another reason to learn Spanish there
Despite the recent earthquake, Chile remains a very attractive Spanish immersion destination.
Having recently survived a powerful earthquake and still enduring the national ordeal of its...
