One of the greatest challenges that secondary dual language immersion (DLI) programs face with regard to their sustainability is negotiating the placement of DLI courses on the Master Schedule (is
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Have you finally completed your dual language training? Excited to get into the classroom? What’s holding you back? As we are currently facing one of the largest teacher shortages in
In my duallanguageschools.org February 2019 article, I shared information regarding the recently released C6 Biliteracy Framework™. As I wrote in that piece, for the longest time, dual language educators have
Teaching emergent bilingual learners is a multilayered, complex task. Nationwide districts that are serving an increasing emergent bilingual population, especially those who come from minority backgrounds, are implementing dual language
The expansion of dual language programs is the imminent trajectory for the future. Every year, more and more programs begin their implementation phases-and we couldn’t be happier. The best way
In honor of Women’s History Month, we are working in collaboration with many women who are paving the way for dual language education. This conversation is incomplete without speaking with
Opinion Piece by Vivian Pratts, Bilingual Educational Consultant at VP Dual Language/Biliteracy/ESL sponsored by Okapi Educational Publishing Emergent bilingual is a term proposed by García (2009) that is used to
Music connects to the soul, regardless of what language it’s in. What does being bilingual mean for a kid who is growing up in poverty, or close to it? Besides
An Opinion Piece by Natalie Torres, Award Winning Author of Financially Savvy in 20 minutes March is International Women’s History Month, which celebrates the accomplishments, the struggles, and the women
Language is an insight into thinking, culture, humanity, history. Being bilingual/multilingual helps us with perspective-taking and empathy. This is something our world really needs right now. As dual language education