There are places where the cultural mix of a community makes you expect to hear a chorus of different languages. Along the southern border, Spanish makes sense. So might a smattering of Portuguese or ...

No matter their subject, the finalists for the 2026 National Teacher of the Year make their communities central to their instruction. The five finalists for the nation’s top teacher, all of whom have ...

When Native students are exposed to their cultural languages, their sense of well-being improves and they’re more likely to graduate, studies show. Similarly, culturally responsive teaching and ...

In today’s world, multilingual contexts are the norm rather than the exception. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Atlas of Languages reveals that ...

As a UD world language education major, you'll learn the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the needs of our changing and global world — and prepare others to do the same. Upon graduation, you'll ...

Seven educators and one former student on how learning another language can change lives Bilingual education for me has been a validation of my language, culture and identity that I did not receive as ...

Nina Paulovicova is an academic advisor of the International and Heritage Languages Association in Edmonton, AB, Canada. She received a small grant for the project titled "Heritage language schools’ ...

The focus of this section is on strategies to support resettled refugees’ acquisition of the language of the receiving community (often referred to as the target language). Some of the principles and ...