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Walk into any classroom in the US, you’ll likely encounter students who speak a language other than English at home, who might have learned to read in another language before coming to school, or who are learning to read in more than one language in their classroom.

8 hours ago · Literacy is foundational—not only for academic success but as a fundamental skill for navigating life. Yet literacy rates in the US paint a troubling picture: about 21% of adults are illiterate, and 54% read below a sixth-grade level, with 45 million Americans considered functionally illiterate. This urgent reality calls for evidence-based literacy practices, like …

Jan 16, 2025 · Walk into any classroom in the US, you’ll likely encounter students who speak a language other than English at home, who might have learned to read in another language before coming to school, or who are learning to read in more than one language in their classroom. Regardless of the language of the teacher, multilingual learners, including 10% students who are categorized as English ...

Oct 11, 2024 · ANNIVERSARY EDITION Career and Technical Language for MLLsLead by Prioritizing Teacher AgencyEncouraging African American BilingualsFocusing on Early Oral DevelopmentMitigating Learning Loss Say What? Stefanie Husejnovic and Susan Bryant show how a focus on oral language helps early learners become readers That Lightbulb Moment Alice Ginsberg, Marybeth Gasman, and Andrés Castro Samayoa show ...

Jan 3, 2025 · In this article, we provide a response to the article published in Language Magazine on Oct. 2, 2024, in which authors Jennifer Pendergrass, Tabatha Tierce, and David L. Chiesa were critiquing the WIDA ELD Standards for not being aligned to Scarborough’s Reading Rope, only attending to the upper levels of language comprehension in the Reading Rope and ignoring word recognition and phonemic ...

About Us L anguage Magazine is a monthly publication that provides cutting-edge information for language learners, educators, and professionals around the world. For over 18 years, Language Magazine has covered language related news while providing resources for teachers, students, and administrators. As world language education and English-language learner methodologies collide, Language ...

Mar 31, 2022 · Even behind masks or through a screen, the language that educators use is one of the most powerful tools available to build a relationship with students, support their identities, and scaffold their learning.Like our breath, our teacher language is always with us and has a significant effect on how we self-regulate and exchange energy with our classes. That might sound lofty or ethereal, but ...

Feb 20, 2024 · All educators are teachers of language—and engaging students in thinking about language, themselves, and society is an invaluable methodology that can confront dominant linguistic norms, center student identity, develop high-level cognitive tools, and reshape power in the classroom. Our young people lead complex lives, and they inhabit rich linguistic landscapes. They must navigate everyday ...

Jan 8, 2025 · When Francisco Lopez was twelve, he and his parents moved from Santiago, Brazil, to a small town in Massachusetts, where his father began working as a Portuguese professor at a university. Accompanied by his parents, Francisco enrolled in a local middle school, where his father enacted the role of family interpreter. They are greeted by the school principal, Mr. Murtaugh, who graciously takes ...