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Deborah Short on TESOL 6 Principles
What Are The 6 Principles?
TESOL International Association has defined a core set of principles for the exemplary teaching of English learners. The 6 Principles...
Reports of OELA’s Demise Hopefully Exaggerated
Advocacy groups are denouncing a proposed merging of the federal Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) into the Office for Elementary and Secondary Education...
Advancing English Learner Equity in Math
Report Shows Promising Practices in California and Offers Key Recommendations
A new report from...
TESOL Unveils its Six Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners
TESOL International Association has released a “set of universal guidelines drawn from decades of research in language pedagogy and language acquisition theory.” The 6...
Michigan Passes Official English Bill
Without any prior discussion, the Michigan House of Representatives has passed a bill, HB 4053, making English as the state’s official language of government....
Learn English with Ted Talks
Video-Based Learning App Supports English Language Learning Courses
National Geographic Learning (NGL), a Cengage company, has announced the release of Learn English with TED Talks,...
Paper Books are Better in Bed
Many of us choose to end the day curled up in bed with a good read, and as technology revolutionizes the publishing industry and...
Study Tracks Progress of English Learners
A recent study out of Philadelphia tracked kindergartners who were learning English and found that four years later almost 60% had achieved proficiency, but more...
America Becoming More Multilingual
According to an analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) of newly...
Metacognition-English Word of the Day
" Metacognition " is often simply defined as "thinking about thinking."
According to Merriam-Webster, Metacognition is " awareness or analysis of one's own learning or...
Celebrate English Today
April 23 is United Nations' English Language Day, which is celebrated annually on the date traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of...
“The Emergence of Culture Out of Anarchy”: Self-Organization in the English Language
The English language has progressed over time without a...