Tag: language
Seal of Biliteracy Goes Global
Linda Egnatz is impassioned by the expanding reach and motivating power of the Seal of Biliteracy
When someone in the language learning field asks, “What...
Sharing Study Abroad
The recent college admissions scandal has focused much of the nation on the competition for places at top U.S. universities, and the extreme measures...
Alaska’s First and Second
Daniel Ward asks Brandon Locke and Victor Santos to discuss how Anchorage School District is leading the revitalization of the U.S.’ second-most widely spoken...
Bilingual Children Adapt to Others’ Needs Better
Bilingual children adapt to the needs of their communication partners better than monolingual children, according to a study published in Child Development, because children...
Maryland Bill Weighs Coding as a Language
The Maryland House of Delegates, Ways and Means Committee, is considering a bill (H.B. 1211) that would let county boards of education allow students...
Beginning Reading
Stephen Krashen examines the (huge) role of stories and the (limited) role of phonics
The goal of beginning reading instruction is to help students develop a...
Celebrate National American Sign Language Day
National ASL Day is a day of observance celebrating American Sign Language.
On April 15, 1817, the first school for the deaf in the United...
Global Voices: I Dream That My Language Lives
Over the course of 50 weeks in 2019, Global Voices plans to host 50 Latin American language activists on its @ActLenguas Twitter handle. This...
Deal to Promote Chinese in Georgia
Last month, the education and science minister Giorgi Batiashvili of Georgia signed an agreement with China to promote the learning of Chinese in Georgian...
Spanish Congress in Argentina
The VIII International Congress of the Spanish Language will be held from March 27–30 in Córdoba, Argentina, with more than 200 writers, academics, experts,...
