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A new study finds that those students’ who text regularly improve their literacy skills. The researchers say text language uses word play and requires an awareness of how sounds relate to written English.
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Chris Mac Dougall, a UCSB student on his way to a teaching credential in English, published a video review of Business Letter Punch on YouTube.
The review praised the program’s clear, simple, user-friendly features. Click here to watch it.
The U.S. Department of Education has issued additional guidance for its upcoming $650 million Investing in Innovation (i3) grants.
Students learn more effectively when they make mistakes while trying to figure out the correct answers to questions, according to researchers profiled in the latest issue of Scientific American.
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced preliminary guidelines for the $650 Million Investing In Innovation (i3) grant program.
Unlike the previously announced Race to the Top funds which were only for public schools, i3 funds will also be available to non-profits, charter schools, colleges, and private companies.
Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Education issued guidance for applying for stimulus funds for the Enhancing Education though Technology (Ed-Tech) program.
The new book Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language by Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman is a fun, witty look at contemporary English words and grammar. Certain to stir lively debate among students.
A new report on the needs of English language learners in two of the world’s fastest growing economies, India and China, was released last week by the British Council.
Approaching English as a purely technical task, says Jon Huer, columnist for the Korea Times, is what explodes in the face of most Korean learners of English. For students to learn English, according to Huer, they must learn to “think in English.”
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