K-12 educators in the United States are still federally required to support English learners’ acquisition of the English language, regardless of any official national language designation. That’s the ...

Some question Trump's order on English as the official language, but local officials assure multilingual services will ...

Every year on April 23rd, the world marks UN English Language Day. This day isn't just about celebrating the works of William Shakespeare, whose birthday and death anniversary traditionally fall on ...

As more states and districts are embracing the “science of reading,” some educators and advocates have raised the question: Will these methods work for English-language learners? The “science of ...

A significant demand for well-trained English as a second language (ESL) teachers exists throughout the United States. In areas such as education, business, hospitality and many more, the ...

Despite the rank hypocrisy of Orwell’s use of the passive voice, this is one of the most sublimely constructed essays ever published in the English language. I wish The New Republic could claim full ...

Rob Pensalfini has received funding from a variety of bodies including the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Queensland, the Brisbane City Council, and the Australian Research Council. He is ...

In the safety-critical field of aviation, miscommunication and/or misunderstanding can lead to a runway incident or accident, or worse, a midair collision. [Credit: Shutterstock] Language and ...

The federal government is investing $52 million to improve English-language health services in Quebec. The goal is to train ...

Thirteen years ago, a deadly strain of avian flu known as H5N1 was tearing through Asia's bird populations. In January 2004, Chinese scientists reported that pigs too had become infected with the ...