For English learners, acquiring language proficiency opens the door to thrive across all subjects. However, learning a new language can be a long, difficult process that requires courage, resilience ...

Over ten percent of the student population in the United States is comprised of English Language Learners. Given that reality, the role of a student’s home language merits discussion. Use of students’ ...

Geneva Smitherman ended up in speech therapy in her freshman year at Wayne State University in the 1950s, when she failed a test to screen incoming teaching students for possible speech problems. The ...

A Spanish teacher gives us the low-down on how the open world game can engage language learners in new ways. Glen Irvin has taught Spanish for the past 13 years at Wabasha-Kellogg High School in ...

Leslie M. Babinski, Steven J. Amendum, Steven E. Knotek, Marta Sanchez Young children who are learning English require special consideration during virtual instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Having taught international courses in higher education for 15 years as a cultural anthropologist, I assumed that my background knowledge, sensitivity and commitment would enable me to manage ...

Parents of elementary school students should realize that there is a big difference between learning a language and using a language as medium of instruction. Go to any bookstore and browse the ...

Julie Dearden receives funding from the British Council. Universities and schools across the globe are offering an increasing number of courses taught in English. Parents and politicians alike are ...