5 Ways to Boost Critical Thinking in World Language Classes

5 Ways to Boost Critical Thinking in World Language Classes

May 12th, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-cultural, Cultural Intelligence, Cultural studies, Cultural Tolerance, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.), World languages|Tags: Education, schools|

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Stephen Krashen’s Seven Tips for Teaching Language During Covid-19

The disruption to traditional language learning instruction during Covid-19 may reveal some unexpected benefits.

May 9th, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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4 Essential Books for Young Chinese Language Learners

4 Essential Books for Young Chinese Language Learners

February 26th, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Books, Childhood Education, Children, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Mandarin, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Senator Introduces Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching (BEST) Act

Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) has introduced the Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching (BEST) Act(S. 3328) into the U.S. senate

February 26th, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Hawaii, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Rigorous Bilingual Training, Seen With a Tinge of Regret

Observing how Chinese 2- and 3-year-olds in Shanghai learn the English language, as well as Mandarin, impresses a New York Times writer

January 20th, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Chinese, Chinese students, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Bilingual children equally adept at telling stories in either language

Bilingual children equally adept at telling stories in either language

December 18th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Reading, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Studying foreign language put students into a global community

By learning a second language students will be entered into a global community

November 3rd, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Global, Global Workforce, Globalized World, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Mark Bennett: Presidential debates give bilingualism a national spotlight

Thanks to the latest presidential debates bilingualism is back in the news. From Thomas Jefferson to FDR many presidents have seen the value of being multilingual

June 30th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Seal of Biliteracy Goes Global

The popularity of the diploma seal of biliteracy is spreading across the globe

May 21st, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Learning language

New study reveals the roles that the brain's left and right hemispheres play in language acquisition.

May 7th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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