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After watching this fantastic video with tips to advance the language skills of young children (based on research), a teacher asked me “Isn’t this more a video more for parents? [Sic] What are the ramifications for modern language … Read more
Once upon a time, I was a young Spanish teacher in a beautiful private school in Princeton, NJ, called the Chapin School. Chapin had just finished building an amazing new addition and – lucky me – I was … Read more
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages’ annual conference last week attracted more than 7,000 attendees this year. This must be roughly about 50% of its current membership – WOW! What an amazing turnout for an … Read more
Pin It It’s all over the news these days: Not only are young children linguistic pros by nature, but learning languages makes them smarter too! “Hearing Bilingual: How Babies Sort Out Language” – New York Times “The Linguistic Genius of … Read more
Storytelling is one of the most enjoyable and effective techniques to teach languages to young children. When you read or tell stories to children you immerse them in rich language in context, which in turn leads to higher levels of … Read more
If your goal is to go way beyond drilling your students with vocabulary words (so fashionable these days), this is the guide for you. Young children have the best brain as well as the best disposition to learn languages. It … Read more
On a recent Wednesday evening a couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of participating in a very interesting panel discussion focused on early bilingual education in Manhattan hosted by New York Family magazine. The audience was a mix of bilingual … Read more
There has been much talk over the past year about Apple’s revolutionary iPad and how it will change the way kids learn. Many schools have started introducing iPads into the classroom, most recently the New York Times reported on January … Read more
I believe in making New Year resolutions. Most people don’t have new resolutions each year, but I think it is a healthy thing to do, especially when we focus on the big picture and significant goals. Actually, this is how … Read more
Knowing what we now know about children learning two or more languages, I find it quite puzzling that schools and homes don’t stack their libraries’ shelves with bilingual books. Why are bilingual books important? Because… Bilingual books and materials serve … Read more