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World Languages

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World Language Teacher Resources

Banknotes.com is a commercial site that features clear, colorful pictures of banknotes of almost any country in the world. It's a great resource for teaching about money in various countries.

Educating Language Learners is the title of the December/January issue of Educational Leadership. This issue focuses entirely on aspects of language teaching and learning and policy. Articles include:

• Voices: The Teacher / A Journey Toward Belonging by Catherine Little

• Teacher Skills to Support English Language Learners, by Deborah Short and Jana Echevarria

• Why We Need “The Year of Languages,” by Sandy Cutshall

• U.S. World Language Program Models, by Audrey L. Heining-Boynton

• If I Said Something Wrong, I Was Afraid, by Douglas B. Reeves

The entire publication can be found on the ASCD web site under Publications: http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/index.jsp/