Tag: language learning
Language Adapts, Students Adapt—Why Not Students’ Language Tests?
Imagine you are trying to build strength. You go to the gym every day, lift weights, and then come home to rest and recover....
Framing the Future
Currently, we are in the middle of what some have described as the Great Reset (Rold & DeVries, 2022; World Economic Forum, 2022), driven...
UT Austin Statisticians Win Prestigious Award for Language Learning Research
UT Austin statisticians Giorgio Paulon and Abhra Sarkar have been awarded the prestigious Mitchell Prize for their paper on tone learning in adults.
The Mitchell...
Infants Capable of Complex Language Processing
A new study published in Cognition suggests that infants may have more advanced linguistic understanding than previously believed. Conducted by a team of researchers...
Rumi in the Language Classroom Vol 5: The Pain of Professional...
Rumi in the Language Classroom Series Vol 5
See Vol 1 hereSee Vol 2 hereSee Vol 3 hereSee Vol 4 here
In the fifth part of...
Applying Task-Based Learning to Extended Reality
Once technology enters the classroom, it rarely leaves. These days, as online learning emerges as the next technology to find a home inside the...
Homeschooling 101: Tips for Parents Adjusting Virtual Learning With Kids
For the past decade, I have seen firsthand how students may benefit from certain elements of online education that help ensure a more effective...
AERA and OECD to Co-Host Webinar on Education Research Worldwide
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will co-host a webinar on “Education Research Worldwide in...
Post COVID-19 Advocacy
This spring, our personal and professional lives were complicated by the unknown. We learned about flexibility and new routines. Some of us still feel...
Stephen Krashen’s Seven Tips for Teaching Language During Covid-19
For Stephen Krashen, the disruption to traditional education during Covid-19 may reveal some unexpected benefits.
Krashen is a leading world scholar, emeritus professor of Education...
