September 2013 Issue of Language Magazine

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The September 2013 issue of Language Magazine is available online. In this issue:

Leveling the Playing Field
Tina Walker sees the closing of the digital divide as key to overcoming the achievement gap

Mutual Understanding
Clorinda Donato and Pierre Escudé explain how intercomprehension is the basis for their Multilingual Romance Languages Learning Project

In for the Long Haul
Mary Soto, Yvonne S. Freeman, and David Freeman offer strategies to help understand and support secondary long-term English learners

College Board to Adapt Tests to CCSS

Grade Expectations
Language Magazine finds out what’s being done to fairly accommodate English learners in the Common Core assessments

Testing World Language Performance

A Recipe for ELL Student Success
Mary Anne Mather explains how careful analysis of test data can facilitate changes to help close the achievement gap

Last Writes
Richard Lederer gives takes us to the home of rhetoric

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