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Education
Good Luck, Even Before Chinese New Year
January 29, 2015
Naomi Shihab Nye
For several days in January, poet Naomi Shihab Nye was invited to spend time with students at several ISS Chinese schools. While visiting NCPA in Nansha, Naomi interacted with students and was able to observe their mastery of the English language. NCPA and Shekou are both proud pilot ("catalyst") schools for the ISS World Language Initiative (WLI) English as an Additional Language program. We are delighted to include her thoughts in this blog post.
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News
More Than 60 Educators and Administrators Convene In China for the Newly Launched, Pioneering ISS WLI Certification Program for English as an Additional Language (EAL)
September 10, 2014
WLI Program Staff
In response to the continued changing demography of international schools, ISS proudly launched its EAL certification program August 4-8th, 2014, at Nansha College Preparatory Academy (NCPA) as a way to make a reality of the oft- quoted mantra, “all teachers are EAL teachers” by preparing them with the knowledge, capacities, and skills necessary to provide research-based and responsive learning experiences for English learners in all classrooms.
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News
WLI Sponsors Successful TARA Conference in Bahrain... First TARA Exclusively Devoted to Arabic
May 14, 2013
Bridget Doogan
Sponsored by the ISS World Language Initiative, the conference aimed to build and support the types of knowledge and collaboration needed for a successful Arabic professional learning community
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Events
Announcement: TARA Arabic Conference Bahrain, March 2013
January 29, 2013
The TARA Conference Committee
The TARA organizers recognize the challenges facing Arabic educators today. As new practices, programs and approaches are developed we recognize that professional collaboration is needed in order to bring isolated initiatives together to form a strong foundation for Arabic learning in the 21st century. TARA hopes to bring together the most respected educators, authors, researchers, professional developers and policy makers to share and learn from one another in a unique platform for a dialogue the region urgently needs.
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Education
Leading the Way: One Catalyst School’s Perspective on the New WLI EAL Pilot Program
January 24, 2013
Recently, ISS had an opportunity to hear more from ISD Director Michael Lees, and that school’s ESOL Teacher, Kim Ariail, who is a key participant in the EAL Pilot Program.
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