Emma Seddon receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. Britain is facing an uncertain future and an uneasy relationship with Europe after Brexit. Among other things, the country’s ...

HeyTutor compiled a list of changes in federal and state attitudes and policies toward English learners in schools from government records, historical archives, and research articles. - Ground Picture ...

Today, more than 90% of the indexed articles in the natural sciences are published in English. That wasn’t always the case. During Michael Gordin’s childhood, his mother—who grew up speaking French ...

Years ago, the Beaverton school district in Oregon participated in a study to determine the right models for improving English learners’ academic achievement. The results, which came out in 2019, ...

Thirteen years ago, a deadly strain of avian flu known as H5N1 was tearing through Asia's bird populations. In January 2004, Chinese scientists reported that pigs too had become infected with the ...

“It didn’t matter if the sign said ‘flesh’ or ‘fresh’ or ‘meat,’” recalls Dougill, a professor at Ryukoku University, who has researched the use of English in Japan. “It was just there to catch people ...

Learn how to practice English alone at home with simple daily habits. Improve your reading, speaking, and listening skills ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. If you look at English learners’ third-grade reading scores in English at Dolores Huerta International Academy, a dual-language immersion ...

Expressing ourselves in our own language gives us confidence, expressive resources, cultural references, and an emotional connection—which are diminished when we switch to another language. As ...

THE RISE OF ENGLISH Global Politics and the Power of Language By Rosemary Salomone “Every time the question of language surfaces,” the Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote, “in one way or ...

Of course, it's impossible to provide an exact number of words in English, since new words are being added to the dictionary, and falling out of use, pretty much constantly. But what's an approximate ...

Three elementary-aged students sitting on floor in circle. Learning a different language can be a point of pride, but there is a practical advantage too. Job postings seeking bilingual or trilingual ...