The report, which includes research and analysis from Dr. Davidson and the American Councils research team, provides a statistical portrait of the nation's current language capacity.
- Language News
Dr. Steven Byrd, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of New England shares why languages are far more than just tools of communication.
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The Boren Awards, which fund US undergraduate and graduate language study and research abroad, has opened its 2017 application for study in Eastern Europe.
- Across the GlobeDuring a particularly muggy August in Washington, DC, a group of 24 language teachers from Egypt and China landed in the United States many for the very first time ready to embark upon a year of teaching Arabic or Chinese in various K-12 schools across the country.
- Language News
Multilingualism is not the global exception in the world: it's the rule. In the United States, however, only about one-fourth of the population is meaningfully multilingual.
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The US Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition will hold a webinar on Tuesday, June 14 featuring research on dual language immersion.
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AC will administer teacher training and student immersion programs this summer in Fairfax County, Virginia
- Language News
Our researchers found that students randomly assigned to dual-language immersion programs outperformed their peers in reading scores.
- Announcements
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Appoints Commission on Languages
- Across the Globe
A pilot project for 25 teachers of English in Moldova is harnessing the popularity of blogs to engage students and increase their interest in learning English.
Government and private industry need people with 21st century skills, which more and more include the ability to communicate in two or more languages.