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Actually, the headline on this post is not entirely accurate – the meta-analysis found that no matter what new language you’re teaching or learning, whether it was English or another language, a monolingual approach is not the best instructional strategy.

I just used that headline since many of this blog’s readers are ELL teachers.

You can a summary of the study, titled The effectiveness of multilingual versus monolingual approaches to L2 teaching andlearning: a meta-analysis of learning outcomes.

I don’t know any teachers who still think a monolingual approach is the best way, but I’m sure they’re out there.

     

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Today is the 63rd anniversary of the “I Have A Dream” speech and the ‘March On Washington for Jobs and Freedom.’

You might be interested in The Best Resources About The March On Washington.

     

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It’s the twenty-first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

You might be interested in:

The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About New Orleans

The Best Short Video Clips About Hurricane Katrina

The Best Sites For Learning About Hurricanes

     

Is Teaching an Art or a Science? is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns.

Teaching is a dynamic, complex profession that cannot be boxed into a singular category.

Here are some excerpts:

     

How Has the ‘Science of Reading’ Impacted English Learners? is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns.

Think of reading instruction for multilingual learners as a bridge, not a checklist.

Here are some excerpts: