CEC Blog

Mary Hayden presented in depth on the changing nature of international education at the 2019 ECIS MLIE conference. As the number of schools with an 'international' designation increases, the profile of such schools is changing significantly. Originally created to provide an education for globally mobile families, these schools are now an increasingly in the minority. The new growth in 'international' schools is in the domestic market. These schools differ in one significant w

Much is made of the mythical sponge-like capacity of babies and children to learn multiple languages. Add this to the on-going quest to prove that bi/multilingualism is the cognitive brain boost that will have our children beating back Harvard and Cambridge, and you have a recipe for stress. I've met children who speak 2 languages at home, are going to school in a third, and are attending language classes to learn a fourth language in their spare time. Some are budding polygl

Much is made of the mythical sponge-like capacity of babies and children to learn multiple languages. Add this to the on-going quest to prove that bi/multilingualism is the cognitive brain boost that will have our children beating back Harvard and Cambridge, and you have a recipe for stress. I've met children who speak 2 languages at home, are going to school in a third, and are attending language classes to learn a fourth language in their spare time. Some are budding polygl