March 27, 2024
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Today is the International Day of Multilingualism, chosen because 27th March 196 BC is the date on the famously multilingual Rosetta Stone. Here is info about a key topic in multilingualism at ISB: translanguaging. In a recent Grade 6 Social Studies … Continue reading
March 8, 2024
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Students and staff at ISB are celebrating International Women’s Day today with stickers, purple clothing, and even multilingual displays. What is it about delivering a message multilingually that gives it impact? Here is another example: a video of 25 women … Continue reading
February 21, 2024
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February 21 is International Mother Language Day, “observed every year to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism” according to the UN. It’s always Mother Language Day in ISB’s Panther Native Language Academy. Here are smiles from 12 of the … Continue reading
November 6, 2023
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Did you know? The refurbished ISB Fitness Center has treadmills and stationery bikes with software that runs in many ISB languages. Users can adjust the settings to make text appear in different languages for tracking workout sessions and statistics. To … Continue reading
February 21, 2023
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February 21 is International Mother Language Day, a “day to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism,” according to the UN. ISB marked the occasion with an all-division parent workshop, Raising Multilinguals, as well as with a book display in the … Continue reading
February 8, 2023
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What languages might you hear on ISB’s campus these days? Here is a snapshot based on student data for Semester 2, 2022-23 (click to enlarge). Note: This graph shows the number of students for whom each language is listed as … Continue reading
September 2, 2022
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Registration has closed and classes have opened for Session (Season) 1 in the Panther Native Language Academy! If you have questions about your child’s schedule, please feel free to email: PantherNativeLanguageAcademy@isb.ac.th
March 14, 2022
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What languages might you hear on ISB’s campus these days? Here is a snapshot based on student data for Semester 2, 2021-22 (click image to enlarge). Note: This graph shows the number of students for whom each language is listed … Continue reading
August 13, 2021
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In summer 2021, ISB’s first-ever summer native language camp was offered virtually: 意見文・小論文のクラス (Japanese Essay Writing Camp) for students in grades 8-9, taught by Kahoru Nakamachi. This intensive, two-week camp provided students with “opportunities to read, analyze, and discuss in order … Continue reading
June 11, 2021
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Join the ISB Main Library’s Summer Reading Challenge 2021, and read in ANY language! Students, staff and families can find the steps for this reading challenge (and the awards!) and sign up here. Happy summer reading in ANY language!