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Speaking in Tongues blog · 1Y ago

Foreign Language Assistance Program on the chopping block: a major threat to K-12 language instruction in the US

The following is reprinted from the Asia Society website: http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/world-languages/-american-schools/language-funding-jeopardy On Saturday, February 19, the House of Representatives passed HR1, the FY 2011 continuing budget resolution, which cuts funding for the Fore
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Speaking in Tongues blog · 1Y ago

José and Maria: A Story of Courage

Lydia Breiseth is Manager of Colorín Colorado, a bilingual website serving parents and educators of English language learners based at public broadcasting station WETA in Washington, DC.  The following is a guest post inspired by her conversations with SIT filmmaker Ken Schneider and some of the sub
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Speaking in Tongues blog · 1Y ago

A Blogging Carnival on Bilingualism

Good day faithful readers and newcomers, too.  I haven’t been posting as often as I’d like lately because I’ve been working behind the scenes to make connections so that this blog remains meaningful and reaches more people.  To that end, I am pleased to host this month’s blogging carnival on bilingu
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Speaking in Tongues blog · 1Y ago

Great new blog on bilingualism on Psychology Today site

Psychology Today magazine is now hosting a great blog on bilingualism called “Life as a Bilingual” by the well known expert, Professor François Grosjean. Grosjean is also the author of the new book, Bilingual, Life and Reality, which has been nominated for the Edward Sapir Book Prize 2010, as well a
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Speaking in Tongues blog · 1Y ago

Thai prime minister stresses importance of multilingual education at UN conference

Last week, Thailand’s Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, opened the International Conference on Language, Education, and the Millennium Development Goals in Bangkok with an address that emphasized the importance of multilingual education, particularly mother-tongue based education in which children
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Speaking in Tongues blog · 1Y ago

The Great Divide Between Federal Education Policy and Our National Need for Bilingual Citizens

by Wayne E. Wright University of Texas at San Antonio In the United States, there is a great divide at the federal level between education policy and the national need for bilingual citizens. The federal government is painfully aware of its lack of bilingual employees. The National Security Educatio
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Speaking in Tongues blog · 1Y ago

Video Extras Offer More Food for Thought About Immersion Education

As a writer I know that plenty of what comes out of my pen (or keyboard) never sees the light of day. Sometimes I have to cut entire paragraphs or pages–even ones I really like–simply because they don’t serve the overall purpose of the story or article. In my case these get relegated to a [...]
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Speaking in Tongues blog · 1Y ago

Speaking in Tongues: A Film. A Challenge.

The following is a guest blog by Homa S. Tavangar, author of Growing up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World. Look for a review of her book on this blog soon. With all the talk of “Restoring Honor” and taking back our country, I’ve been thinking a lot about the changes [...]
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Speaking in Tongues blog · 1Y ago

Legislation Stands to Alter the Shape of Multilingual Education

It’s impossible to bring up any education-related topic without stirring up controversy.  Foreign language instruction in the public schools, whether immersion or another model, is certainly one of the hot-button issues.  Pair this debate with immigration reform, English-as-official-language, and sc
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Speaking in Tongues blog · 1Y ago

More Languages Spoken Means More Holidays to Celebrate

My kids are never ones to miss a party.  When I tried to clean house (and enlist their assistance in putting their dirty laundry in the hamper) on Labor Day they protested that it was a holiday and that, at the very least, kids should get a pass on chores of any kind–especially if their [...]
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