The Center for the Advancement of Languages, Education, and Communities has announced the following call for papers. In this book, we wish to examine the potential of multilingual education across the countries of Africa and in divIn this book, we wish to examine the potential of multilingual education across the countries of Africa and in…
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[Upcoming Book Talk] Imagine an America where kids have even more chance for success, thanks to their experiences in dual language and community-based heritage language schools. Where businesses gain an edge globally because they can literally speak their customers’ language. Where lifelong learners can become more than tourists in other countries and finely hone their brainpower. More than just imagining such a country, Steve Leveen has discovered that this is the America we are becoming. Join us on May 6 for a lively discussion with Steve Leveen and Fabrice Jaumont.
Written and illustrated for 5- to 7-year-olds, this book celebrates grandmas, superheroes without whom none of us would exist, and the cultural traditions they bear that unify and nourish families across space and time. The millennia-old Korean New Year’s tradition exemplifies the universal importance of multi-generational family and of immigrant origins. Read More
“Kudos to Deana Sobel Lederman for creating this welcome trio of charming paperbacks to reach out to the very youngest readers dealing with the safety restrictions of the pandemic.” Read her interview in Hadassah.
Empowering Readers around the World! Check out our 2021 Catalog and support CALEC with each book purchased.Download our catalog here: Catalog TBR BOOKS
Happy and healthy New Year to you and yours from the team, the advisory council and the board of directors of The Center for the Advancement of Languages, Education, and Communities.
On October 2, CALEC President Fabrice Jaumont, PhD joined Council Member Ben Kallos, French Consul Jérémie Robert, Community Education Council President Maud Maron, parents, teachers, and school administrators for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate two new French dual language classes that have opened at the District 2 Pre-K Center located at 355 East 76th Street in…
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When asked if the story—her story—depicted in the recently published memoir and ode to the immigrant experience, Immigrant Dreams, created in her a feeling of solidarity and connection to the immigrants of today, Barbara Goldowsky responds, “Absolutely.” Continue reading here.
Great article by Del Mar Times about Deana Sobel Lederman’s trilogy, Rainbows, Masks and Ice Cream, and the efforts led by CALEC’s TBR Books program to make Deana’s books available in a number of languages. Read more: https://www.delmartimes.net/art/story/2020-07-23/local-cartoonist-publishes-picture-books
In the 20th and 21st centuries, it is often the United States that is cited as the country most effective at engaging in cultural diplomacy. Or, the U.S. is touted as a major exporter of “soft power” to the rest of the world. But, in Jane Flatau Ross’ Two Centuries of French Education in New…
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