Language Learning Hits All-time High During Lockdown
DYK: During the first 3 weeks of the pandemic, more than 30 million people started learning another language online only as tracked through DuoLingo?! Imagine the millions more using others apps and taking virtual language classes online. We’ve been isolated and we want to connect. Learning a language is one way. Advocacy month. #IHeartLanguages
Read MoreMaking Language Immersion Fun, Camp-style
Looking for summer camp options with a twist? Something unlike any other program, yet fun for kids aged 7-18? Tucked away in the northern woods of Minnesota is one of the best-kept secrets in language learning in the U.S.: Concordia Language Villages. #languagematters #langchat #raisingglobalchildren #generationstudyabroad
Read MoreCreating a #NationofAdvocates: From 90% Target Language to 90% Retention
Guest blogger, Grant Boulanger, writes about the race and gender disparity affecting students taking world languages and offers first-hand tips for educators to contribute to the solution: Inspire students with meaningful, relevant, fair, joyful and effective language learning so that students keep learning and coming back for more. #NationofAdvocates
Read MoreSealing the Deal on Biliteracy
The Seal of Biliteracy encourages language learning from an early age and celebrates it—something that has disappeared in today’s school districts across the country as language programs are cut just when we need them most. Get involved. Make a difference. Join the movement: #2bilit2quit
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