EdSource

The science of reading also applies to students learning English as a second language

But an in-depth look at the science behind how language is developed reveals an interesting parallel between the science of reading and second language learning. In fact, the science of reading can ...
The Conversation

When English becomes the global language of education we risk losing other – often better – ways of learning

Adjunct Research Fellow Victoria University of Wellington; Head of the Quality Assurance Institute and Senior Lecturer, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta The English language in ...
Education Week

Foreign Language Policies: Is Everyone Else Really Speaking English?

Only 25% of Americans speak a second language. We rest on our laurels as speakers of English, believing that everyone else is learning our language—the language of business. And in many countries ...
Irish Examiner on MSN

I was an English-speaking blow-in in the Gaeltacht — here's how I got a grá for the teanga

A native of Inis Mór, Megan Roantree knew she was different as a child — her parents didn't speak Irish. Here, she shares how the kindness of the Gaeltacht community nurtured her grá for the teanga ...