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 ...

Nearly 3 in 4 American classrooms now includes at least one English-language learner, and these students make up roughly 1 in 10 public school students. While their numbers continue to rise quickly, ...

“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 ...

Explainer - You're reading this in English right now - but should English be an official language? Parliament is soon set to ...

The percentage of English-language learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools is steadily increasing, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. While much of the growth is in urban areas that ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. English is the most studied language in the world, with 1.5 billion people learning it. But just ...

Britain is facing an uncertain future and an uneasy relationship with Europe after Brexit. Among other things, the country’s woeful inability to learn languages has been raised as a key stumbling ...

The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...

At this time of year, children all over Japan endure the pressure of entrance examinations. Over time, a more intense focus on testing their English-language ability has set in, with students ...