The Benefits of Early Bilingual Education for English Learners

CALEC Bulletin #55 - It is a difficult task to have young children be able to acquire English proficiency while also strengthening their native language.

In the News

"To have young children developing English skills while still developing skills in their native language is a tall order."

La Représentation permanente de l’OIF auprès des Nations Unies à New York a organisé une conversation sur la langue française aux Etats-Unis à l’occasion de la publication du Rapport 2022 sur la langue française dans le monde ainsi que de l’ouvrage French All Around Us.

In writing Navigating Dual Immersion, Valerie Sun wants to make it easier for other immersion teachers to get access to information and guides that she sought out on her own.

Call for Papers

We have announced a call for papers to be published in an edited volume looking at multilingual education and language learning for the Arabic speaking world, which includes Arabic speakers living outside of the Arab world.

Book Highlight

Follow Fatima, a young inventor, as she is planning to get shrunk thanks to Z82, her shrinking zorb ball, and go up someone’s nose to discover what our body does to protect us when we get sick from bad germs. Available in Chinese, English, French, Spanish, and soon in Arabic and Italian.

Languages

Gymglish vous propose Frantastique, un cours d'orthographe fun, concis et personnalisé.

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