Tag: language
Bilingualism under threat: structured literacy will make it harder for children...
International Viewpoint: NEW ZEALAND
From the beginning of the 2025 school year, all schools will be required to use structured literacy – also known as...
Decoding Dyslexia
Dyslexia Canada1 reports that as much as 20% of the population have a learning disability, and Dyslexia is not only the most common, affecting...
Building Pathways to Earning California’s PK–3 Credential
California’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC)1 is establishing a pre-K–3 early childhood education (ECE) specialist credential to build the pipeline for a qualified, diverse...
AI in Class
How we learn languages today still needs to be updated. Even now, we are seeing classrooms with one teacher lecturing to 30 pupils all...
Breaking Down the Monolingual Wall VII: Meeting the Needs of Linguistically...
As the benefits of bilingualism and biliteracy become increasingly recognized, the demand for high-quality dual language (DL) and biliteracy programs has increased significantly (Howard...
Dual Language Expectations
In an increasingly globalized world, bilingualism has become more than a mere asset; it’s necessary. It has been estimated that more than half the...
Building Young Writers’ Stamina
You just finished a mini-lesson in your Spanish...
Is the Best Form of Input Interactive?
This article summarizes the first results of an ongoing experiment which tests how text-based computer games called hypertext fictions (HFs) compare to traditional reading...
Film Aims to Revitalize Mixtec
Two Illinois State University students recently visited the town of San Sebastián del Monte, a small community in southern Mexico, to produce a documentary...
Arizona Opens Center for Linguistic Revitalization
A new center at the University of Arizona is one of only four designated by the US Department of Education to lead a collective...