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We expect to create a community where we can share material, ideas and experiences in order to improve our results when teaching academic content through an additional language (foreign or second language).
More and more dual-immersion programs are helping students become bilingual from an early age. Recent research has supported more and more the benefits of working toward this goal, such as the research done by Ellen Bialystok.
Tomorrow afternoon, two prominent language-acquisition scholars will be my guests in an edweek.org webinar that will focus on helping educators prepare for teaching the Common Core State Standards to English-language learners.
As many as 1 million undocumented children who were brought to the United States at a very young age would have to wait as long as their parents—at least 13 years—to pursue citizenship under the current version of the bipartisan immigration reform...
How have schools implemented different variations of two-way immersion programs and what are the long-term effects of these programs?
I built myself a house of glass: It took my years to make it: And I was proud. But now, alas! Would God someone would break it. ...
In February 2013, Phil Ball and Keith Kelly were invited by the Brit. Council in Madrid to do a couple of talks around the title 'Building Bridges between su...
Introverted and extroverted children require different approaches for learning the minority language. Here are eight tips for raising bilingual introverts and extroverts.
The final set of new science standards released to the public yesterday presents an unprecedented opportunity for English-language learners to learn rich, academic language at the same time they are learning rigorous science content, language...
By Ana Paula G. Mumy Photo credit: Joe Shlabotnik As a speech-language pathologist and as a multilingual mother of bilingual children, I am finding myself shocked and confused at the number of parents I run into who have chosen not to speak their...
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The worst day in my life was my first day of school in the United States. I felt like an alien. … I didn't understand anything. I didn't know anybody at all. I was late to all of my classes. It was like a nightmare. I just sat down and put my head down on my desk. I wished for the end of the day, so I could go home.—C.M., a 7th grade ELL student
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Science. Andalucian website: didactic units to teach Science in Primary and Secondary · Science in Primary · Science in school · Science in Secondary · Zientzia - Hezkuntza Ekimena (primary) · Zientziategia (secondary) ...
Dear Deborah, Thanks for inviting me to join you on your blog. Even though we disagree on many issues, I have great respect for you and the work you've done in your career.
Young English-language learners who are still developing oral and literacy skills in their home languages benefit most in early-childhood programs that regularly expose them to both languages.
News about bilingual education. Commentary and archival information about bilingual education from The New York Times.
¿Estuviste en el seminario "Construyendo Puentes entre Contenido e Idioma" que organizamos el 2 de febrero? Contamos con la asistencia de más de 200 profesor...
One of my lasting memories from teaching is the moment I walked into my first classroom. Hidden amidst the desks and chairs, I pulled out a brown paper grocery bag with maybe two dozen fifth-grade level novels.
Thomas A. Saenz, the president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, said today that he believes that English-language learners—the fastest growing subgroup of students in public schools—deserve...
GCSE Reform Equality analysis shows bilingual pupils at a disadvantage at GCSE
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