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12 things I’ve learnt about language learning by being a language learner! |...
Italian and I… We had barely met when I first arrived in Palermo. I called bruschetta “brooshetta” , pizzeria “pizzERia” and could barely string a sentence together. I had a few Memrise chunks – they...
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Are You an Eastern or Western Learner? | Harvard Graduate School of Education
Are you an Eastern or Western Learner? Based on decades of research, Jin Li, Ed.D.’97, professor at Brown University, has advanced a conceptual distinction between the Western mind-model and the East...
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Virtual School Puts the Power of Basic Education Back into the Hands of Every...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa–(BUSINESS WIRE)–September 12, 2014– In partnership with Mxit Reach and UNICEF, the South African Education Ministry today proudly launched the Ukufunda Virtual School, a...
View ArticleU.S. Departments of Education and Justice Release Joint Guidance to Ensure...
The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Justice (DOJ) today released joint guidance reminding states, school districts and schools of their obligations under federal law to ensure that English...
View ArticleU.S. Departments of Education and Justice Release Joint Guidance to Ensure...
The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Justice (DOJ) today released joint guidance reminding states, school districts and schools of their obligations under federal law to ensure that English...
View ArticleN.Y.C. Schools Chief Promotes Top English-Language Learner Administrator –...
New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has promoted the head of the office of English-language learners to a deputy chancellor role, her latest move to shore up education and support for the...
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Pathways to English Language Learner Success Webinar | Rosetta Stone® Blog
The first step in any ELL program is improving the students’ language development. It’s an uphill battle, but there are ways to efficiently, effectively close the gap. The Rosetta Stone® Language...
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Upcoming Webinar—Accelerate English Language Learner Success: Using Blended...
Berks Technical Institute has found that out first-hand. BTI observed that their students came into the Institute with the requisite English reading and writing skills for technical work, but lacked...
View ArticleEducation Proposal #5: End English Language Learner Mandates
Congress has been enforcing this decision for the past 40 years through various versions of the Bilingual Education Act. The law’s a joke, since states and districts have wildly varying tests and...
View ArticlePre-K Literacy Key to English-Language Learner Reclassification, Study Finds...
UDPATED English language-learners who enter kindergarten with a basic grasp of academic language, “either in their primary language or in English,” are more likely over time to be reclassified as...
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