Half of the world is bilingual. What’s our problem?

Nearly half the world is bilingual. So why is the USA so slow in embracing the benefits of being multilingual?

April 28th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Multilingual, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Making the case for multilingualism – a timely reminder

Why multilingualism is critical for English speakers

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

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Bilingual education prepares children for a multicultural world

Education Dive - Jeannette Acevedo-Isenberg "Our world is more multilingual [...]

October 18th, 2018|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, Multiculturalism, Multilingual, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Keeping Cornell Multilingual

Inside Higher Ed - Colleen Flaherty "Cornell University is “planting [...]

October 8th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bicultural, Bilingual, biliteracy, College Degree, College Tuition, College/University, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Multiculturalism, Multilingual, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Dynamic assessment can help language learners have more success

Phys Org - Jim Carlson "Altering or individualizing assessment procedures [...]

September 21st, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Assessment, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Multilingual, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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COLUMN: Being multilingual is more important than people think

The Indiana Daily Student - Tejus Arora "Language is at [...]

September 20th, 2018|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, Multilingual, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Kiwis be warned: the global jobs market demands polyglots

Stuff - Simon Draper "The Asia New Zealand Foundation knows [...]

September 17th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Career, Career Pathways, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Multilingual, New Zealand, News, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages

The New Yorker - Judith Thurman "No one becomes a [...]

September 15th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Multilingual, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Mutual Understanding with Intercomprehension

Language Magazine - Clorinda Donato and Pierre Escudé "What if [...]

August 22nd, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Multilingual, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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America’s Bilingual Roots

Language Magazine - Dominika Baran "Every September, or August in [...]

August 8th, 2018|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, Multilingual, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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