Several years ago, a school district in Oakland, California suggested that African-American children be taught standard English using teaching methods used to teach the English language to non English ...

Words in the same language having different meanings based on geography can be confusing for English language learners.

The story of American English is how the nation’s different groups have made the language their own — but it’s also about the way it connects Americans. The latest book by the Mexican American author ...

For as long as she can remember, Sonja Lanehart has been fascinated by how people speak. In particular, she was interested in the differences she noticed between how white people spoke, when compared ...