Decades of research show that students who speak a language other than English develop English-language proficiency best by ...
Three things that people often mention to me, as a linguist, leave me wondering whether to just nod politely or disappoint ...
Lectures at Britain’s best universities now come with subtitles. Look around the room and you’ll see rows of students ...
As more states and districts are embracing the “science of reading,” some educators and advocates have raised the question: Will these methods work for English-language learners? The “science of ...
Tatsuya Amano knows how daunting it is to be surrounded by people speaking a foreign language in your workplace. The conservation scientist left his native Japan in 2011 to work in the UK and then ...
“Official” is a very English word. It has its roots in the Old French “oficial” and the Latin “officialis,” and now — thanks to a new Trump executive order — describes the status of the English ...
There are several strategic benefits to English proficiency. First, English is the language of business, growth, and economic prosperity. The operating language of Deutsche Bank, the Asian Development ...
The English language is a mosaic of different languages and cultures, which allowed elements of Norse mythology to linger in the vocabulary we use every day. The English language is often considered ...
Lawmakers in New Zealand have passed a bill to make English one of the country’s official languages.