News tagged with bilingual students
Lower lexical recall in bilingual kids no cause for alarm
If your French Immersion student is scratching their tête over not being able to think of the English word for sifflet or the French word for keyboard, a University of Alberta researcher has a sage piece of advice. Relax, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Bilingual education works - if you do your homework
(PhysOrg.com) -- More schools should consider adopting bilingual education for part of their teaching, according to a language education expert from the University of Exeter, UK.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Marketing strategy as a game
Researchers at Carlos III University of Madrid have developed an international marketing simulation game called QUANTUM, in which the students compete as marketing directors for a large company.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 05, 2012 |
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First fish app from the Smithsonian is free on iTunes
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute has released the first completely portable bilingual species identification guide for the shore fishes of the tropical Eastern Pacific as a free iPhone application. ...
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Papyrus research provides insight into job training, prayer and more in the ancient world
Education, jobs, religion and even the cultural effects of bilingualism were as topical in the ancient world as they are today.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Computer scientist seeks the real meaning of language
Better be careful about telling a lie to Julia Hirschberg. The computer science professor, an expert in spoken language, examines what people unconsciously communicate through such things as intonation, accent ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Endangered species? Should cheap phosphorus be first on an elemental 'Red List?'
Should the periodic table bear a warning label in the 21st century or be revised with a lesson about elemental supply and demand? If so, that lesson could start with one element considered a staple of life – but growing ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Foreign children take at least six years to learn the language used in school
There are now more and more foreign children in the classroom, and many of them speak a different language to that of their sociolinguistic environment. A study by the University of Gerona has assessed the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Bilingual school counselors help narrow achievement gap
he fastest growing group of students in America's K-12 schools are Latino. Evidence-based programs addressing the unique language and cultural needs of that population are successful in narrowing the traditional achievement ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 02, 2011 |
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A second language for every high school student
All high school students should be fluent in a language other than English, and it's a matter of national urgency. So says Russell Berman – and as president of the Modern Language Association (MLA), his opinion carries ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 09, 2011 |
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Looking beyond English
In fall 2008, Daniel Ginsberg, an English as a Second Language teacher at a public high school in Malden, Mass., approached MIT professor Wayne O’Neil asking about incorporating linguistics into his curriculum ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 05, 2011 |
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