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U.S. employers are increasingly seeking employees who speak other languages in addition to English to remain competitive in the global economy, according to a survey commissioned by ACTFL.
The call for nominations is open for the 2020 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts.
Sociolinguist Walt Wolfram, Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Apply to participate in the 2019-20 ACTFL mentoring program. Two tracks are available and pairs are matched on language, level, and skill.
A Texas school district wants to offer fewer services to elementary students who are learning English, because the community's refugee and immigrant population has decreased.
Dr. Nancy Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania, was recently honored as this year's recipient of the Charles A. Ferguson Award for Outstanding Scholarship.
Researchers from CAL and the University of Wisconsin-Madison invite you to participate in a study with the goal of understanding language practices used across bilingual programs.
Students at a public-charter school in Georgia - the first Japanese-English dual-language immersion school in the state - are learning to be "global citizens."
Teachers and students at an Iowa high school recently participated in a professional-development session in which educators listened to students share feedback about various topics.
What people perceive about the world through the five senses may be affected by an individual's spoken language, according to a recent study.
