If you become multilingual and explore the world and develop interculturality, you aren’t losing your original identity, you’re only making it stronger. Christopher Gwin Language is the pathway not to losing yourself, but to finding yourself and being grateful for your life experiences. Language learning makes you less competitive, because you have seen other practicesContinueContinue reading “Episode 119 Language and Leadership Pathways: Christopher Gwin”
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Episode 117 The GLOBE Academy: Sandra Daniel
The association that people have had in the past with language education is not what it has evolved to become today. People are highly strategic with the way that they are using language in the classroom. Language is used for an authentic purpose, it’s used for critical thinking skills, it’s used for strategic problem-solving, soContinueContinue reading “Episode 117 The GLOBE Academy: Sandra Daniel”
Episode 116 The Day I Met Homer (Little Adventures in Language & Culture)
In Episode 116 It’s About Language host Norah Jones does a bit of storytelling of her language and cultural meetings, missteps, mistakes…and reflects on the powerful growth such experiences bring. She invites listeners to reflect on the roles of their own life stories in defining themselves and their impact in challenging times.
Episode 115 Joy and Opportunity for All: Nancy Hong
We don’t want DLI programs to just simply exist. We want them to thrive, and, as I found in my research, a leader’s choices, their decisions, and their practices can really elevate everyone’s practice and build a community of respect and understanding and support for this program. We want Dual Language Immersion (DLI) programs toContinueContinue reading “Episode 115 Joy and Opportunity for All: Nancy Hong”