Several years ago, the two of us worked together as English (Shera) and Spanish (Liz) co-teachers in a dual language program, an arrangement that we refer to as Tandem Teaching.
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Art: “Isolation” by Jeena Ann Kidambi In my last article, we talked about the importance of academic achievement as one of the three pillars of Dual Language Education. It is
Art: “Kavalai” by Jeena Ann Kidambi The three pillars of Dual Language Education are high academic achievement, bilingualism and biliteracy, and sociocultural competence. By nature of the program, our focus
Art: “Schule” by Jeena Ann Kidambi Historically in the United States, bilingual education has been inextricably connected to race. This link makes sense since embedded in language is identity, and
Why do you have a Dual Language Education (DLE) Program? Is it because it’s really chic for the well-to-do to learn an additional language other than English? Is it because
“Ve!” me gritó el viento; Con las fuerzas de mil Abuelas, I don’t know If they meant “ve”-go Or “ve”-see; I intend to do both By Guadalupe Mercedes Muñoz Moroyoqui
Dual Language Education provides an opportunity for language-minority students to connect to their linguistic identities by learning their heritage language. Connections to one’s heritage language provide many benefits. For example,
May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month, which serves to celebrate one of the fastest-growing minority groups in the United States. In spite of good intentions, it is one
Sociocultural competence is one of the three pillars of Dual Language Education. According to the Guiding Principles of Dual Language (Howard et. al, 2018, p. 3), sociocultural competence includes identity
For those who are growing up or have been raised in the United States with a home language different from English, language is part and parcel of identity. Yet because