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The September 28 issue of Language Magazine is available online at http://languagemagazine.com/?p=124313

In this issue:

Namer of Thrones
Game of Thrones’ language creator, David J. Peterson, details his extraordinary career as Hollywood’s linguist-in-chief

Building to Code
Virginia “Jenny” Williams uses assessment and scaffolding to support the five stages of second-language acquisition

Focus on the Student
Adisack Nhouyvanisvong explains how improved assessment can increase personalized learning for all students

The Home Run Experience
Vinnie Jordan Henkin and Stephen Krashen chronicle the Naruto Breakthrough: How the discovery of manga books was a catalyst in the English language development of a teen

True to Form
A compilation of formative assessment programs to complement the Common Core-aligned tests

Investing in German
Why and where to learn the übercool language of economics, engineering, and design

Last Writes
Richard Lederer explains how our last names reveal a lot about our days of labor