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        MULTICULTURAL, BILINGUAL IDIOM BOOKS ARE “A BREATH OF FRESH AIR”

        October 15, 2020
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        We are excited to announce a new series of idiom books, available in many languages. With clever multicultural illustrations and bilingual example sentences, Language Lizard Idiom Books explain common idioms in a way that makes them easy to understand. What is an Idiom? An idiom is a phrase that says one thing, but means something different. An idiom can be a quick way of saying something complicated. It’s useful for language learners to study idioms because knowing idioms............. CONTINUE READING
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        CHARITABLE PROGRAM PROVIDES BILINGUAL BOOKS IN SPANISH, ARABIC AND KURDISH TO LANGUAGE LEARNERS

        November 26, 2018
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        Language Lizard and our colleagues at Mantra Lingua UK were honored to support a recent charity initiative of eClinicalWorks, to provide literacy materials to thousands of dual language families in Tennessee. eClinicalWorks, a leading healthcare technology solutions company, assembled book kits for children in the Metro Nashville Public Schools.  Spanish, Arabic and Kurdish speaking families received two of our most popular bilingual books in English and their home language: The Little Red Hen and............. CONTINUE READING
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        THE “SEAL OF BILITERACY” IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

        April 23, 2018
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        Across the country, more schools are embracing fluency in multiple languages by offering a special award called the “Seal of Biliteracy” that can be earned by bilingual students. Earning the Seal of Biliteracy The first program began in California in 2010 to showcase biliteracy as an asset. The Seal of Biliteracy helps to elevate language programs in our schools, and gives students a new goal to work toward. More than two dozen states now offer a state- or district-wide Seal of Biliteracy award............. CONTINUE READING
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        BEING BILINGUAL IN AMERICA: STATISTICS & BENEFITS OF BILINGUALISM

        September 14, 2017
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        What kind of people are most likely to be bilingual? What motivates them, and what benefits of bilingualism do they enjoy? Whether you’re bilingual, in the process of learning, or just curious about learning a new language, you’ll want to check out these interesting stats regarding bilingualism in the US. .......... CONTINUE READING
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        “IN PLAIN ENGLISH?” ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING IN THE U.S.

        May 3, 2017
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        The US is a country of many languages. In public schools, about 10 percent (4.5 million) of all kids are English Language Learners (ELLs). Of those ELLs, Spanish is the first language of about 71 percent, but there are hundreds of different languages spoken in US schools. Any one school can have a dozen or more languages spoken by its students. Schools put different types of learning programs in place to help students transition to speaking English. One example is sheltered instruction, which combines............. CONTINUE READING
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        USING COGNATES TO SUPPORT SECOND LANGUAGE AND LITERACY LEARNING

        April 11, 2017
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        by guest blogger Karen Nemeth EdM Cognates are pairs of words that sound alike and have the same meaning in two different languages. They are useful first steps in learning a new language. How Do Cognates Work? In English we say “elephant” and in Spanish we say “elefante.” English and Spanish speakers can easily make the connection between these cognates to learn and remember the animal’s name. In English, we say “frog” but in Spanish we say “rana.” Frog and rana are not cognates,............. CONTINUE READING
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