Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

I’ve published numerous posts over the years in which teachers of many content areas have shared their most effective lessons. In this series, it’s time for teachers of English/language-learner ...
Forbes

8 Of The Best Language Learning Apps For Every Learning Style

Americans have a reputation for being culturally insular, but based on 2018 data from the US Census Bureau, over 67 million people in the United States speak a language other than English at home. If ...
Forbes

This Startup Is Racing Duolingo To Replace Human Language Tutors With AI

Founded by former Thiel fellows, AI language tutoring app Speak started its journey in Seoul, South Korea. But as it enters the U.S. market, it’ll have to compete with better-known rivals like ...
Android Authority

Can't stick with Duolingo? Speak makes the case for voice-first language lessons

Speak is delivering a bunch of new features for its language app’s winter update, including Speak Level fluency metrics. A home screen refresh keeps users focused on their progress, and what’s coming ...
The Conversation

When English becomes the global language of education we risk losing other – often better – ways of learning

The English language in education today is all-pervasive. “Hear more English, speak more English and become more successful” has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Some say it’s already a universal ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

The new question-of-the-week is: What are the best instructional strategies and lessons to use when teaching intermediate English-language learners? The English-language-learner population is growing ...