Students are decrying Harvard’s rejection of Cornel West’s bid for tenure as a blatant devaluation of Black scholarship.

Were you punished for speaking your mother tongue? How do we unlearn the shame and pain we were taught to associate our local languages with? Are you making an intentional effort to now learn that lan...

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Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o on the importance of te reo Māori and why he's on the warpath against the word 'tribe'.

From Black Panther to Black Lives Matter, I’ve felt a new sense of identity and pride, that I will pass on to my children, says Florence Boafo

You might know the word for 'hello' in your family's language if you've grown up speaking it at home, but do you know the word for 'policy'? Angelique Lu on what it's like to go back to study Vietname...

Children are quick learners. They gravitate toward the things that they perceive to be more valuable than to others around them. They logically pursue the options that promise rewards, gratification,

I've forgotten my mother tongue and I feel like a different person when I switch languages. I thought I was a freak. Then I discovered these things are common.

There are only three people fluent in the Indigenous language Marra – this is my inspiration to spread the word and keep our languages strong

I was recently reading a work by Ngugi wa Thiong’o – Decolonizing the Mind: the politics of language in African Literature, an account written in 1986 as part of a collection of essays. In th…

Yewande Biala has spoken about how mispronunciations of her name affect her, and other women agree.

My name is important – and pronouncing it correctly is key to my identity

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In the diaspora, students with Nigerian heritage are retracing their roots with Yoruba language classes. The lessons aim to inspire confidence about a culture and heritage that might otherwise feel be...

Fostering Financial Literacy in ESL Classrooms Using New Media Tools In these lessons students learn about managing money, banking, credit, debt, home financing and loans while practicing listening, r...

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The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has indicated that financial knowledge is a central life skill for participation in modern [...]

With the help of cultural groups, apps and dedicated YouTube channels, a growing number of people are learning the mother tongues of their families

When Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term 30 years ago, it was a relatively obscure legal concept. Then it went viral.

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Becoming fluent in a second language is difficult. But for adults, is it impossible? Science says no. In this encore episode, Short Wave host Emily Kwong dissects the "critical period hypothesis," a t...

In a major escalation between Trump and Harvard, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem says move to halt enrollment should ‘serve as a warning’

AERA Second Language Research SIG Critical Language Education Seed Research Grant Program Submission Deadline: October 15, 2025 The Second Language Research Special Interest Group (SIG) of the America...

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Evelyn Vázquez writes that white saviorism often drives community-engaged research in the neoliberal university—and offers suggestions for how to change this.

As the editor of the Practitioner Inquiry section of the Language_Teacher_Education_ Research_ Journal (LTER), I would like to invite submissions for the… | 11 comments on LinkedIn