Wendi Pillars and Tagrid Sihly asked: What are the greatest challenges to improving ELL student achievement, and how can we overcome them? What are the best strategies schools can use to close the ...

Free language learning apps often promise the world — but don’t expect fluency from one. Here’s what to expect before you sign up. By Eric Ravenscraft If mobile language-learning apps are to be ...

Learning a second language has many cognitive benefits. For example, it has been shown to delay Alzheimer's, boost brainpower, reduce cognitive biases, and even increase concentration and the ability ...

Krupa Padhy uncovers how we really learn foreign languages – in a dual challenge involving both Portuguese and Mandarin.

English courses in higher education within the Pakistani context are often perceived as difficult by students at the onset of their university studies. Many young undergraduates struggle with ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are some of the most common mistakes teachers make when working with ELLs, and what should they do, instead? Many of us who teach English-language learners make ...