Wednesday, May 9, 2018

POVERTY> ACCESS> READING> LITERACY

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Presentation at Library of Congress Literacy Awards Conference Stephen Krashen  ( www.sdkrashen.com ) Martin Luther King: "We a...
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Cantonese is a language

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Sent to the Hong Kong Free Press, May 2 Re: “Cantonese a dialect, not a mother tongue, says Hong Kong Education Bureau supporting mate...
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

90% fever: Should we require that the teacher use the target language 90% of the time in class?

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Language teachers are told that they should make sure they use the target language in class 90% of the time or more.     I have no idea ...
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Insituto Krashen?

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  This is from an article in El Universal: “Branlyn Jaraba está en el radar de la Major League Baseball” about a baseball player in Co...
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Sunday, April 22, 2018

Don't forget about reading

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Sent to the Taipei Times, April 22,2018 I was surprised to discover that the Taiwan Ministry of Education will prioritize “listening a...
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Friday, April 6, 2018

sloppy tweet + sloppy reporting = unfair attack on boba milk

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“Lies are half-way around the world before the truth can get its shoes on.” (Attributed to Mark Twain.) This following was posted on t...
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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Mr. Trump's spelling problem: Not just a failure to proofread

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Sent to the Washington Post Mr. Trump’s spelling mistakes reflect problems deeper than a failure to proofread (“Elected to read, not...
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