The Bilingual Teacher Shortage: A Vicious Cycle
Bilingual teachers could be an "endangered species" just as bilingual education is primed to grow in popularity
Making Students Globally Competitive While They Learn
Becoming globally competent is not a simple process, but if pursued correctly, it can be achieved successfully, yielding far-reaching benefits that last throughout a student's life
What Everyone Ought to Know About the Benefits of a Multilingual Workforce
How a multilingual workforce even benefits small businesses
The Creativity of Human Language
The average language user is a marvel of creativity. We take often take the magic of language for granted, but we spend of our lives enveloped in language
How to get your child interested in learning a second language
Want your kids to learn a new language? It may take some extra effort, but here are a few strategies parents can use in their day-to-day lives to expose children to new languages and give them the opportunity to acquire full fluency in the future.
Don’t Dismiss That 30 Million-Word Gap Quite So Fast
The 30-million word gap shouldn't be discounted. The differences in the early language environments of children do have a significant impact.
Why Speaking Only English Is Not Enough
Being monolingual is not good enough for today's students. Language immersion is needed to help address global challenges, yet U.S. citizens are falling behind.
Language Advocacy For the Children’s Sake
We need to shift paradigms in world language education and advocacy, says writer
Children need to learn to speak well to function in society
Children need to learn to speak well to function in society
Bilingual Teachers in Short Supply Across America
The USA is facing a bilingual teacher shortage