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’ ...

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that federal anti-discrimination laws protect gay and transgender employees, yet much of our everyday language excludes people who don’t identify as exclusively ...

I’m trying an experiment in one of the courses I teach. The goal is to stop using the phrase “you guys.” I announced the plan at our first class meeting; now, the students laugh each time I slip. This ...

The informed consent document must be in a language understandable to the participant. When the prospective participant is fluent in English, and the informed consent discussion is conducted in ...

Anyone who has any empathy at all knows, it’s easy to understand why an English-language learner would choose to constantly use Google Translate in their writing. And, as every teacher of ELLs knows, ...

Film is a visual medium, and sometimes words are overrated. You can communicate a lot with a show don't tell approach, and the fact that film was able to exist for several decades without audible ...