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The University of Panama and the Panamanian Academy of Language have been invited to sign the Granada Declaration on the Development, Communication, and Dissemination of Science in Spanish. As part of its Spanish Strategy (2025–2031), the University of Granada (UGR) is collaborating with Hispano-American institutions to create standardized scientific corpora, consolidate language policies to boost the global reach of Spanish, and develop technological resources to foster the use of Spanish in academia and specialized digital environments. While in Panama, UGR’s president Pedro Mercado discussed the role of Spanish as an academic and scientific language in the new ecosystem shaped by

María Jesús Abilleira discusses what the changes mean and why the instructional approach matters Starting in fall of 2026, the AP® World Language and Culture exams are changing in ways that go well beyond format adjustments. Across Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese, the College Board is introducing a Project component that accounts for 35% of each student’s total score. Students must research a topic announced in January of the exam year, deliver a structured oral presentation, and respond on the spot to four questions from a recorded interlocutor. There is no script, no previewed question set, and no

In an era when global stardom often demands assimilation, Bad Bunny did something radical: he refused to translate himself for acceptance. Unlike many artists before him who recorded in English to gain mainstream US visibility, such as Shakira, Ricky Martin, and Enrique Iglesias, he chose not to switch languages to “cross over.” He did not dilute his Puerto Rican identity to fit a broader market. He built a global audience on his own terms. Today, he ranks among the world’s top-streamed artists globally, and in 2025 he was Spotify’s number-one most-streamed artist worldwide. He achieved that distinction not by conforming

The University of Qatar. Doha. Hebrew language courses will be introduced at Qatar University as part of an effort to expand academic offerings, announced Omar Alansari, president of the university. This marks an important milestone in the university’s mission to enhance global awareness and linguistic diversity among students. Interestingly, Alansari described the program as fostering “stronger cultural understanding and communication with Israel and other countries with Hebrew-speaking populations.” “I believe that the introduction of Hebrew language courses will equip our students with invaluable skills in the globalized world,” said Alansari. “By embracing a more diverse linguistic curriculum, we are not

Alexandra Guilamo explores what science says about transfer and translanguaging “We are plural. The I is an illusion: bilinguals know this, they are hybrid like the words inside them, surprised halfway on the translation path.” (Jurgenson, 2014, p. 115). Yes, we have always been and will always be plural. That is, until we are taught to divide who we are and what we know. Until we have been diminished to only those words from one language inside us. Yet Jurgenson’s quote highlights not just a theoretical and philosophical stance but a body of evidence that has been confirmed through science.

In November, a carefully selected panel of experienced educators and educational experts will select instructional materials for California’s 2026 English Language Arts/English Language Development (ELA/ELD) Follow-Up Adoption, largely the result of the state’s alignment to Science of Reading guidelines, like many other states. For the first time, the state adoption includes materials for Transitional Kindergarten and partial programs for strands—Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language. The adoption has attracted a record number of submissions from publishers big and small, and the California State Board of Education is welcoming input from more experts, reviewers, and other interested parties than ever

Professional Development grant applications now open for 'activities that strengthen instruction for English Learners'

Omar Chihane sees English as a bridge to mobility, connection, and opportunity in a globally connected world International education has entered a more competitive, student-driven era. Students today have more choices, more information, and more pathways than any generation before them. They compare destinations, institutions, tuition costs, post-study work opportunities, career outcomes, and the overall student experience with remarkable sophistication. Their decisions are increasingly global, pragmatic, and shaped by confidence in the journey ahead. They also bring a different set of expectations. Today’s students are digital-first, community-driven, and highly informed. They live in a world of peer recommendations, creator content,

TESOL and NABE join forces to host this month's 2026 Advocacy Action Days in Washington, D.C.

“Dissolving specialized infrastructure does not eliminate the Department’s legal obligations to multilingual learners; it weakens the federal government’s capacity to fulfill them.” U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) led 19 of their Senate colleagues in condemning the Trump Administration’s attacks on the rights of English learners and the […]