The Anchorage School District offers 8 foreign language immersion programs within the public school system. That is quite a commitment to producing multilingual humans. Are there long term benefits to speaking more than 1 language fluently? We discuss making connections through language learning in the developing brain on the next Line One.
HOST: Dr. Jillian Woodruff
GUEST:
- Brandon Locke, Director of World Languages and Immersion Programs, Anchorage School District
- Greta Caldouhos, Speech Language Pathologist
LINKS:
- Anchorage School District currently offers 8 different language immersion programs across the district
- Lead With Languages is an organization that focuses on multilingualism as an important skill for the future workforce
- Concordia Language Villages offers multilingual summer camps based in America
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LIVE BROADCAST: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. AKDT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. AKDT
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