This week’s new question-of-the-week is: What are effective assessment strategies for multilingual learners? Assessment is a key element of teaching—we need to know where our students are in the ...

Co-authored with Sirada Rochanavibhata, M.A. In a world that is becoming increasingly globalized and diverse, the ability to speak more than one language may be a desirable trait, especially because ...

The committee examined how evidence based on research relevant to the development of dual language learners/English learners from birth to age 21 can inform education and health policies and related ...

A new study finds the value of using 'parentese,' an exaggerated speaking style that conveys total engagement with a child. Used in virtually all of the world's languages, parentese is a speaking ...

Did you know that animal sounds can be crucial to your child’s early speech and language development? Speech refers to the production of sounds that transform into words through the physical act of ...

Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level of this ...

After receiving evidence-based early interventions, roughly two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism speak single words, and approximately half develop more complex language, according to a new ...

Today’s post is the latest in a series in which educators share potential challenges that might exist in teaching English learners and how to respond to them. Irina McGrath, Ph.D., is an assistant ...