I didn’t mean to watch this entire thing, but dammit if I didn’t sit through all ten minutes (alright, technically 11 minutes and 20 seconds) of this fantastically witty, animated history of ...

Lantz’s diagram is also fascinating in that it beautifully illustrates how cultural injections influence the evolution of language. For English, this ranged from the Viking and Norman invasions ...

The US Department of Justice says the 180 multilingual learners at the Newcomer Academy have not been properly receiving English language development, in violation of federal civil rights law.

The World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment consortium—or WIDA—has released its new edition of English-language-development standards that are directly linked to the common-core ...

We explore all periods of the history of the English language, from Old English to the present day, and examine the development and use of varieties of spoken and written English, both globally and ...

Students work together in a summer school class for English learners in Lodi Unified. She bases the curriculum on California’s English language development standards, which are supposed to guide ...

Only about 7 percent of English language learners in the Boston Public Schools are enrolled in dual-language programs, a proven approach that provides some lessons in the student’s native language.

Researchers and specialists say general education teachers play a role in helping English learners' language development. What All Teachers Should Know About WIDA's Test for English Learners ...

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, Part 1 by David Crystal (Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition, 2003) A History of the English Language by Albert C Baugh and Thomas Cable ...

Basalt High School teacher Leticia Ingram has been awarded the English Language Development Educator of the Year Award for the 2014-15 school year by the Colorado Department of Education’s Office of ...

A project tells the story of the English language through 100 locations, starting in Suffolk and ending in Vienna - with stops in Hastings, Beijing and the moon along the way ...