You may find English difficult to speak if you don’t use it every day. You may know all the grammar rules and a variety of ...

Not speaking English is a figurative wall that obstructs millions of immigrants in California from taking full advantage of the opportunities in their new home. Although there are plenty of places ...

Focus group moderators asked participants if they were in the process of learning English, and what challenges they faced trying to learn the language. Participants shared various ways they learned or ...

Wendi Pillars, NBCT, has taught for nearly three decades, both overseas and stateside, in military and civilian contexts. She is the author of Visual Impact and Visual Notetaking for Educators. Find ...

Fifty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case that would forever change education for English learners in this country. In the 1974 case Lau v. Nichols, the court decided that students ...

Idioms are an often invisible barrier to understanding and inclusion for second-language speakers because their meanings rely ...

Native English speakers can have a simple, and often lucrative, side hustle by teaching the language online. A number of platforms can help you connect with international students who are anxious to ...

THE RISE OF ENGLISH Global Politics and the Power of Language By Rosemary Salomone “Every time the question of language surfaces,” the Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote, “in one way or ...

As someone who has been learning Spanish most of my life, I know it can be challenging and scary to speak in a new language. And I’ve seen my English-language-learner students experience similar ...