As Congress resumes, we can expect a heated debate as the House and Senate work out differences between their competing immigration reform bills. One of the more contentious issues is whether the law ...

In many European countries, such as the Netherlands, Sweden and France, learning English as a secondary language is a requirement for young students. There are 25 countries in Europe which boast ...

Associate professor of English Erin Webster did not plan on teaching when she started her undergraduate degree. However, she has taught at the College of William and Mary since 2016 and is now ...

Budget cuts to English classes for immigrants have recently earned widespread media coverage across the country. As an immigrant myself, I know that one of the worst things the government can do to ...

Cassandra Chanen is a high school senior at Vientiane International School in Laos. Updated December 28, 2016, 6:27 PM High school students look forward to college as a place where they are free to ...

We rarely think about it, but building a career is a relative novelty. Depending on the country, it wasn't until the 18th or 19th centuries that people began to build careers. Before, something that ...

The language a child speaks affects the rate at which they learn number words, and hearing number words in natural conversation – not just in counting routines – is a critical part of learning the ...

This is the third installment in a series of articles about a summer spent in the Peruvian village of Cochas Grande. As I entered the classroom, the children stood up abruptly amid a cacophony of ...

In today’s world, English has become one of the most important languages. Wherever you go, whether it is in your own country or abroad, in schools, offices, airports, hotels, universities, or on the ...

I was talking to a Brazilian friend of mine today. I told him about Korea, and how the Seoul subway announcements are given in Korean, Japanese, Chinese and English. "What about the signs?" he asked. ...