It’s never too early for children to learn a second language, say experts

SCMP - Mabel Sieh "In case parents are worried that [...]

April 29th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, 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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Younger Children May Benefit Most from World Language Education

News Plex - Staff Writer "Many adults have trouble recalling [...]

April 29th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, 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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Finn: Being bilingual offers more benefits than disadvantages

The Iowa State Daily - Taylor Finn "Children that learn [...]

April 27th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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China Syndrome: Why more kids are learning Mandarin

Reuters - Chris Taylor "From schools with Mandarin enrichment, to [...]

April 26th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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YOUR MONEY-China Syndrome: Why more kids are learning Mandarin

Reuters - Chris Taylor "If famed investor Jim Rogers is [...]

April 24th, 2014|Categories: Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Mandarin, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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The Best Way to Learn a Foreign Language Is the Opposite of the Usual Way

Forbes - Katharine B. Nielson "Helping Americans move beyond English [...]

April 23rd, 2014|Categories: Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, Second Language, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Learning A Language Is For Life, Not Just For Business

Forbes - Nick Morrison "The ability to speak another language [...]

April 17th, 2014|Categories: Business, Culture, Foreign Language, Global Economy, Intercultural Skills, Language, Second Language|Tags: Education, School|

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The importance of dual language immersion programs

Voxxi- John Benson "The reason why bilingual education programs produce [...]

April 15th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, 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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Cooking and Learning Spanish with Kids: A Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe!

Babble - Mari Hernandez-Tuten "Cooking with my kids gives our [...]

April 15th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Spanish, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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It’s a mistake to cut back on foreign language

The Citizen-Press - Lilly Brown "Recently, administrators for the Iowa [...]

April 12th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Budget, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Germany, Iowa, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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