Dual-language programs can create integrated learning environments for both native English speakers and English learners. They also have the potential to decrease school segregation and increase ...

This type of language can be either objective or subjective. Objective language includes making verifiable statements. Some ...

Being a linguist—and someone who has tried to learn several languages (including English) in addition to my mother tongue (Flemish Dutch)—I have an annoying habit: instead of paying attention to what ...

While states with some of the largest English-learner populations, such as California and Texas, use their own exams, most states rely on the WIDA ACCESS test to fulfill federal requirements for ...

My weekly language classes have taught me humility more than anything else. Ayaka Ono, my current Japanese teacher, estimates ...

No year-enders this time. I have not recovered enough from what this year inflicted on me to write dispassionately about it. But as the name promises, I am writing the next worst thing: the decline ...

Kristen Andretta is one of 120 teachers statewide who won a 2025 Exemplary Educator designation from the state Education ...

Frank Boers receives funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Western University provides ...

After growing up across countries, I knew I wanted my kids to be multilingual — fluent in Dutch, German, and English from ...

A new first-of-its-kind dictionary has been launched aimed at ending the need to understand Irish words “through the lens of English”. President Catherine Connolly was among those hailing the ...

About 5.7 million Australians speak a language other than English at home. Most multilingual children spend their school days ...

A reader faults her husband’s relatives for not teaching their young children any English, which she worries may make for an awkward holiday visit.