including digital games, show efficacy. They improve speech and language outcomes in individuals with communication disorders. The study revealed that participants in technology-assisted speech therapy reported increased satisfaction, motivation, and attention during therapy exercises. ...
Early childhood represents a critical period in the development of young minds. The newborn brain triples in size between birth and 2 years of age. The long-standing presumption has been that certain activities during this period promote optimal development and that others may hinder it.1 The Am...
Richfield Dual Language School is a public school located in Richfield, MN, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Richfield Dual Language School is 505 and the school serves PK-5. At Richfield Dual Language School, 30% of students scored at or above the proficient le...
Repetitive or mechanical responses from VAs during VA-user interactions may frustrate users, who in turn may interact less with these VAs or even leave them completely idle. For example, despite achieving some initial success, Amazon’s Alexa seems to have recently fallen out of favor, with ...
Chinese Language Immersion School is a public school located in Eugene, OR, which is in a mid-size city setting. The student population of Chinese Language Immersion School is 122 and the school serves K-5. At Chinese Language Immersion School, 65% of students scored at or above the profici...
In French we use "raisins" for "grapes". What has been the easiest for you during your English immersion here in the US? I don't need to make a big effort to speak, I just did it. Well, I like English better than French. That is about using the language. For me: when you ...
Once you know how the words sound, you need to commit them to memory. One trick that works for me is tosingthe phrases out to myself. When I was learning Italian, for instance, I sang, “Where is the bathroom?” in the tune of the Big Ben chime, and tookDove si trova il gabine...
How could translanguaging be enacted in a language course driven by pluriversal epistemologies, and what are students’ perspectives towards such a transformative approach to additional language learning? To address these questions in this study, I shed light on the intersection of translanguaging and...
Preply is a leading online language learning platform that connects language experts with learners worldwide. It was initially co-founded by three Ukrainian entrepreneurs: Kirill Bigai, Dmytro Voloshyn, and Serge Lukyanov. The company now operates in 180 countries teaching more than 50 languages to ...
health, and budgetary concerns. Theconsensusis that students learned less during the spring’s school building closures, and the learning losses were especially great for students with less access to devices, internet, quiet study areas, home and community resources and those with learning cha...