Language Magazine https://www.languagemagazine.com/ Improving Literacy & Communication Fri, 26 Jan 2024 01:30:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://www.languagemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-browser_logo-32x32.jpg Language Magazine https://www.languagemagazine.com/ 32 32 Unlocking the Vietnamese Language: A Student’s Perspective in Saigon https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/25/unlocking-the-vietnamese-language-a-students-perspective-in-saigon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unlocking-the-vietnamese-language-a-students-perspective-in-saigon https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/25/unlocking-the-vietnamese-language-a-students-perspective-in-saigon/#respond Fri, 26 Jan 2024 01:23:10 +0000 https://www.languagemagazine.com/?p=144434 Vietnam—the land of delicious food, viral-worthy motorcycle traffic, immense history, and… language classes? Learning Vietnamese is definitely not on the radar for many language learners, and as I’ve written before, it’s notoriously difficult to find language-learning materials in Vietnamese. Unlike many international languages such as French, Spanish, or English, Vietnamese is spoken primarily by native […]

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]]> https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/25/unlocking-the-vietnamese-language-a-students-perspective-in-saigon/feed/ 0 From Advocate to Activist: One Teacher’s Journey https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/25/from-advocate-to-activist-one-teachers-journey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-advocate-to-activist-one-teachers-journey https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/25/from-advocate-to-activist-one-teachers-journey/#respond Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.languagemagazine.com/?p=144411 Classroom teacher: “That kid from Africa. He’s suspended again. He is always bothering everyone at lunch in the cafeteria.” TESOL teacher: “What country is he from?” Classroom teacher: “I don’t know? Africa. He is just defiant and disrespectful.” TESOL teacher: “What language does he speak?” Classroom teacher: “I don’t know. Congolonian?” TESOL teacher: “Ummmmm. That’s […]

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]]> https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/25/from-advocate-to-activist-one-teachers-journey/feed/ 0 Saqarik https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/23/saqarik/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saqarik https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/23/saqarik/#respond Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.languagemagazine.com/?p=144399 Juan does a double take when I mention Joyabaj. “¿De veras?” he asks. We’d been chatting about my recent trip to Guatemala as he finished up his shift at work. He wondered if I’d gone to the hot spots—Panajachel (Sí, muy hermoso) and Antigua (Esta vez no, pero sí lo conozco). This trip wasn’t really […]

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]]> https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/23/saqarik/feed/ 0 New America and SEAL to Co-host Webinar about Science of Reading and ELs https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/22/new-america-and-seal-to-co-host-webinar-about-science-of-reading-and-els/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-america-and-seal-to-co-host-webinar-about-science-of-reading-and-els https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/22/new-america-and-seal-to-co-host-webinar-about-science-of-reading-and-els/#respond Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:09:14 +0000 https://www.languagemagazine.com/?p=144395 Concerns have been raised that methodologies based on the Science of Reading may negatively impact English Learners (ELs). On February 8, New America and SEAL will co-host a webinar that will unpack the relationship between the Science of Reading and ELs, including the misconceptions about this much debated topic, best practices for EL-identified students, and […]

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]]> https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/22/new-america-and-seal-to-co-host-webinar-about-science-of-reading-and-els/feed/ 0 META to Host Conference for Teachers of Emergent Multilingual Learners https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/19/meta-to-host-conference-for-teachers-of-emergent-multilingual-learners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meta-to-host-conference-for-teachers-of-emergent-multilingual-learners https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/19/meta-to-host-conference-for-teachers-of-emergent-multilingual-learners/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:41:42 +0000 https://www.languagemagazine.com/?p=144386 On Saturday, March 2, META (Multilingual Educators Transforming Achievement) is inviting educators in the Central Valley of California to join them for a day of “learning, collaborating, networking, and celebrating” as they “explore the critical importance of identity development and investment in ensuring success for Emergent Multilingual Learners”. The keynote speaker is Jim Cummins and […]

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]]> https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/19/meta-to-host-conference-for-teachers-of-emergent-multilingual-learners/feed/ 0 The Mexican American https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/16/the-mexican-american/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-mexican-american https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/16/the-mexican-american/#respond Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:50:36 +0000 https://www.languagemagazine.com/?p=144364 Originally published in June 2007, Language Magazine is republishing this article in memoriam of the activist, artist, and author, Herman Sillas. I had gone through school from the first grade through law school speaking English, learning at an early age that Spanish was not to be used in school. Then, as I started my law […]

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]]> https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/16/the-mexican-american/feed/ 0 Make Hay before the Sun Sets https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/16/make-hay-before-the-sun-sets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-hay-before-the-sun-sets https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/16/make-hay-before-the-sun-sets/#respond Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:30:43 +0000 https://www.languagemagazine.com/?p=144361 The sun is shining on language education in the US, and 2024 could turn out to be a pivotal year for the creation of a multilingual education system—as long as we make the most of this unprecedented opportunity to reinforce our educational infrastructure by recruiting and training the next generation of motivated, diverse educators and […]

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]]> https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/16/make-hay-before-the-sun-sets/feed/ 0 Tone More Important than Phonetics for Babies’ Language Development  https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/09/research-singing-to-babies-vital-for-language-development/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=research-singing-to-babies-vital-for-language-development Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.languagemagazine.com/?p=144190 A new study by the University of Cambridge, has found that sing-song speech is vital in helping babies to learn a language and that babies do not begin to process phonetic information (the smallest sound units of speech) until they are around 7 months old. The study concluded that the rise and fall of tone—as […]

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]]> Push for Guernesiais to be Taught in UK Channel Islands Schools https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/08/push-for-channel-islands-language-to-be-taught-in-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=push-for-channel-islands-language-to-be-taught-in-schools Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.languagemagazine.com/?p=144297 On the island of Guernsey in the English Channel, the language commission chair has announced that the native language of the island should be taught in schools.  Sir Richard Collas, chair of the Guernsey Language Commission said Guernesiais (also known as ​​Dgèrnésiais or Guernsey French)  is “an integral part of our history and culture.”  A […]

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]]> Chinese Government Pledges Support for Promotion of Mandarin Worldwide https://www.languagemagazine.com/2024/01/05/chinese-government-pledges-support-for-promotion-of-chinese-worldwide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chinese-government-pledges-support-for-promotion-of-chinese-worldwide Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:22:55 +0000 https://www.languagemagazine.com/?p=144229 In Beijing, a senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official has pledged support for ongoing efforts to maintain Chinese language education internationally, and to provide additional support to promote Chinese language learning worldwide. Ding Xuexiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier of the […]

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