Category: Education
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Curriculum Adaptation for Migrant and Refugee Children: A Teacher’s Guide
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In short: Adapting the curriculum for migrant and refugee children does not mean lowering standards, but building bridges that make those same standards accessible. A child who does not yet speak the language of schooling is not a less capable child, but one who has not yet been able to…
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How Adults Learn a New Language: The Complete Guide to the Psychology of Learning
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In short: Adults do not learn a language “worse” than children, just along a different path. They have real advantages (abstract thinking, experience, strategies, clear motivation) and specific obstacles (little time, tiredness, a working memory that fills up fast, fear of mistakes). Effective adult learning rests on a few principles…