NEW LANGUAGES RE-WIRE BRAINS OF ALL AGES

Futurity - Victoria Indivero "Li and colleagues studied 39 native [...]

November 24th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Multilingual myths: Is it ever too early for a child to learn a second language?

Chicago Now - Aimee Thompson "Before we had children, my [...]

November 23rd, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, Multilingual, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Preschool, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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‘Language learning opens up new horizons’

The Telegraph - Frances Suc-Diamond " When I entered the [...]

November 22nd, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, biliteracy, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Parents can help toddlers with slow language skills catch up, Stanford psychologist says

Health Canal - Bjorn Carey "Early results from a program [...]

November 22nd, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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‘Lost’ first languages leave permanent mark on the brain, new study reveals

The Guardian - Holly Young "“Lost” first languages leave a [...]

November 22nd, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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More Students Ditch Traditional Classroom for Language Immersion

KAAL TV - Ellen Galles "Learning through immersion is just [...]

November 21st, 2014|Categories: Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Education, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Second Language|Tags: Education, School|

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Learning a language is never a waste of time

The Telegraph - Nicholas Ostler "Why do we choose to [...]

November 20th, 2014|Categories: Bilingual, Brain, Career, Employment, Foreign Language, Intelligence, Language|Tags: Education, School|

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An Infant’s Brain Maps Language From Birth, Study Says

Time - Melissa Locker "...the language that an infant hears [...]

November 19th, 2014|Categories: Brain, Child Development, Foreign Language, Global Citizenship, Infants, Language|Tags: Education, School|

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Why Bilingual Education Should Be Mandatory

The Huffington Post - Matthew Lynch, Ed.D "This generation of [...]

November 17th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Dual-language classes, N.Y.’s new bilingual focus

Lohud - Randi Wiener "New York is putting new emphasis [...]

November 17th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, New York, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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