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- United States: Subject Matters – Reading, Writing… and Readying for TestsIt’s the best of times and the worst of times, exclaims the unusually Dickensian CNN, for English teachers as they find themselves more accountable than ever for the academic success of their students, while balancing new technologies that change time-honored … Continue reading → […]
- United States: Feds Make ELLs a Priority for Tests Based on Common-Core StandardsThe federal government, notes Education Week, is intending to provide grants for the development of English-language-proficiency assessments that are aligned with the national common-core standards. The proposed grant competition would push the country toward more uniformity for the definition of … Continue reading → […]
- Vietnam: Pilot English Teaching Project is Hit by Staff Shortage and Poor SkillsFactors including a serious lack of facilities, as well as a shortage of qualified teachers have adversely affected the Ministry of Education and Training’s pilot English language teaching programme for primary school children, notes VietnamNet. Read more on this… Post … Continue reading → […]
- Would you have done this for a job?Simple question: would you have done what this person did to try and get a job in the Gulf? She flew me to Qatar on a 1-way ticket (despite my several written requests for a return ticket since it seemed … Continue reading → […]
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United States: Feds Make ELLs a Priority for Tests Based on Common-Core Standards
The federal government, notes Education Week, is intending to provide grants for the development of English-language-proficiency assessments that are aligned with the national common-core standards. The proposed grant competition would push the country toward more uniformity for the definition of … Continue reading
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Tagged ELL English language learners in the united states
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An Interview with Guofang Li (NNEST of the Month)
United States: Dr. Guofang Li is an associate professor of second language and literacy education in the Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University. In this interview, conducted by the TESOL Nonnative English Speaking Teachers (NNEST – what a catchy … Continue reading
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California adopts the Common Standards
When California adopted the common core standards (the State standards initiative) in Ausgust, it didn’t accept the preface material, which included an introduction and spelled out how to apply the standards to English-language learners or students with disabilities. An advocate … Continue reading
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Speaking in Tongues: Bilingual Education and US Immigrant Communities
Consider the ‘divisive’ nature of bilingual education in American society: is it the natural representation of the functional and celebrated diversity of America, or is it an insidious wedge guaranteed only to sow rancor? This is the subject of an … Continue reading
Oprah: Do You Have the Courage to Listen to Teachers?
United States: A blog post responding to Oprah’s Monday show promoting “Waiting for Superman,” was widely read, and sparked a lively discussion. Valerie Pientka, a National Board certified teacher who read the post, shares a letter she wrote to one … Continue reading
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United States: The latest research on teaching science to ELLs
Researchers for the Center for Applied Linguistics have just documented the success of two interventions for teaching science to English-language learners, according to a research brief just released by the Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of … Continue reading
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Value-added teaching and the LA Times
Much of the concern about value-added analysis of teachers in California, as exemplified by an already infamous LA Times feature entitled Who’s teaching L.A.’s kids?, comes from teachers and other advocates for urban schools that have been singled out under … Continue reading
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United States: Teaching science to ELLs
The United States, notes the NSTA, has long been called a melting pot, a place where diverse people mixing and mingling. Learning the dominant language is a challenging part of the process, particularly when a student is trying to learn … Continue reading
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English language learners making gains in the US
An associated press story notes that schoolchildren who are still learning English have made progress in state tests over the last three years, according to a report that may indicate tougher accountability standards have resulted in positive gains among a … Continue reading
Debunking myths on US immigrant education
United States: Skirmishes over immigration often take place in the schoolyard, exclaims Rosemary Salomone in the Washington Post. Those opposed to immigration claim that bilingual school programs impair a child’s academic success and that school children who retain their foreign … Continue reading