Read “Want to Be Smart? Learn a Foreign Language” in NEUROSCIENCE & NEUROLOGY at
Source: About the Brain, Learning New Languages, And Being Smarter
Category: ELL (English Language Learner)
USA/ESL Pulling Students Together?
Good idea or legal violation? Read “Separate but equal? A school within a school for immigrant students brings help — and controversy.”
Tanzania Culture
Within the borders of Tanzania co-exist approximately 120 ethnic groups speaking languages representing all four major African language groups. These include Khoisan, or “click”speaking hunter-gatherers, Nilotic-speaking pastoralists (such as the Maasai), Cushitic speakers, and Bantu speakers; the latter predominate in terms of population size. The largest ethnic groups include the Sukuma (over three million), and the Chagga, Haya, and Nyamwezi (over one million each). Despite the tremendous cultural and linguistic diversity among Tanzanians, ethnic groups are united by the use of a common language—Swahili—and a sense of national identity. The growing number of refugees (from neighboring Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda in particular) do not appear to have caused serious ethnic tensions, but they have become a serious strain on the economy and the local environment.
Read more:http://www.everyculture.com/Sa-Th/Tanzania.html#ixzz49dbaDxmk
12 Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children
Check your own beliefs: Excerpt:
Source: 12 Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children
Making Your First ELL Home Visit: A Guide for Classroom Teachers
By Gisela Ernst-Slavit, Michele Mason
This article written for Colorín Colorado provides practical tips for home visits with English language learners (ELLs), including steps to take before, during, and after the visit.
Click the link for the Article.
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