Bilingual children may have lower Alzheimer’s risk

South China Morning Post - Liz Heron "Being raised bilingual [...]

February 25th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, biliteracy, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Early Education, Kindergarten, Language, Multilingual, Public School|Tags: Education, School|

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Adults shouldn’t reduce learning to a single language

The Springfield News-Leader - Dana Carroll "Many years ago, I [...]

February 24th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Human Right to Speak Whatever Language You Want is Worth Celebrating

Smithsonian.com - Mary Linn "Language is what makes us human. [...]

February 20th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, International, Language, Multilingual|Tags: Education, School|

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Are bilingual babies better?

Times of Malta - Helen Raine "Study after study has [...]

February 18th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, biliteracy, Brain, Brain development and Language, Foreign Language, Infants, Language, Parenting, Parents|Tags: Education, School|

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Focus on Research: Learning new languages stimulates brain

The Centre Daily Times - Victoria M. Indivero "Learning a [...]

February 15th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Saved by song: can singing improve your language skills?

The Guardian - Jonross Swaby "The late Nelson Mandela once [...]

February 14th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Adults, Bilingual, Brazil, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, Music, News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Foreign Langu-edge!

The Times of India - Shounak Ghosal "There was a [...]

February 14th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bicultural, Bilingual, biliteracy, Career, Career & Technical Training, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, India, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Mandarin most popular language at primary

3News - Emma Jolliff "For the first time, Mandarin is [...]

February 13th, 2015|Categories: China, Language, Mandarin, New Zealand, Primary School|Tags: Education, School|

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Study: Bilingual infants lip-​​read more than monolingual infants

Northeastern.edu - Greg St. Martin "New research from North­eastern devel­op­mental [...]

February 12th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Infants, Language, Second Language|Tags: Education, School|

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Mandarin contestants invoke spaceships and evil spirits

BBC News - Judith Burns "Secondary school students have been [...]

February 11th, 2015|Categories: Chinese, Culture, Foreign Language, Global, Global Economy, Jobs, Language, Mandarin, Multinational, Skills, Students, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, School|

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