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Transcending Monolingualism
Research shows that multilingual skills correlate with higher scores on assessments (Vogel and Garcia, 2017), and studies indicate that when those results are present, there has been a conscious and systematic use of diverse...
What Language Does Pain Speak?
A new study suggests that the language a bilingual person speaks may affect their physical sensations, including pain.
Researchers at the University of Miami tried to discover if the ways we express feelings, such as...
Challenge to Spanish Causes Outcry
Last month, Spain’s eighth education law in democratic history was passed by congress while creating a storm of anger and protest. One of the most controversial aspects of the bill is the elimination of...
Recognizing Multilingual Speech Patterns
More than 20% of children in the U.S. are bilingual, a number that continues to rise year over year (Kids Count Data Center, 2018). According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), there is a...
Interactive virtual event for language learners Dec. 2-3
Language learners, educators, businesses, and language content and service providers are invited to attend Global C.R.E.D. (Credentialing and Recognizing Excellence and Determination) a free virtual event with a combination of recorded and live presentations...
The Shoulders We Stand On
The University of New Mexico Press has published a new book tracing the complex history of bilingual education in the "Land of Enchantment."
The Shoulders We Stand On, edited by Rebecca Blum-Martinez and Mary Jean...
Language Learning Rewires Adult Brain
Adults who learn a new language may find reading and listening to their target language easier than producing speech, according to a recent study in the Journal of Neuroscience. In the study, researchers from...
Spanish Speakers Up 30%, Learners Up 60%
In the last decade, the number of Spanish speakers worldwide has increased by 30%, largely as a result of population growth in Latin America, and the number of learners of Spanish as a second...
Google Limits Advertising to 49 Languages
Starting in November 2020, Google will not allow new websites and apps to use Google Ads, if the site is not in one of its 49 supported languages, over half of which are European....
Sociocultural Competence in Action
Dual-language bilingual education (DLBE) programs, at the core, are about serving students who have been linguistically and culturally marginalized in U.S. schools (Izquierdo and Medina, in press). However, it is also important to understand...
