WATCH: Tips for Improving Your Chinese Language Skills

Tips for Improving Your Chinese Language Skills (video)

December 29th, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Is joy the same in every language?

Here’s how learning unfamiliar words, or an entire language, can take us on epic journeys even when we can’t travel.

December 27th, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Cultural Intelligence, Cultural studies, Culture, 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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Early language learning linked to academic ability in primary school

Children who spend more time discussing letters and sounds with their parents are better at reading and math when they start school, says study

December 27th, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Parenting, Parents, Preschool, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Bonjour Europe: Britons are turning to learning languages like never before

Amid the pandemic more people in the United Kingdom are learning foreign languages

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

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How Being Bilingual Can Increase Your Income

How Being Bilingual Can Increase Your Income

December 24th, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Career, Career Pathways, 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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A Study Upends Stereotypes About Good Coders

A 2020 study revealed that learning how to code resembles learning a language like French or Chinese (video)

December 22nd, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Chinese, Coding, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, French, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Americans are using music to master new languages

Can music help you master a foreign language?

December 20th, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Music, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Learning New Language Benefits Our Brain

How learning a new language has long term benefits for our brains

December 19th, 2020|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Cognitive Development, 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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A Model for Teaching World Languages in a Hybrid Classroom

With some students in the classroom and some at home, how can teachers continue to focus on building speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in the target language?

December 15th, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Classroom, Current Events, Digital Device, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Distance Learning, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Online, Online Education, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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US children should be taught a second language [column]

All children would benefit from learning a second language. Here's why

December 13th, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Parenting, Parents, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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