David Cameron used an article in The Times and an interview on Radio 4’s Today show to announce £20m of extra funding to provide English lessons for Muslim women in the UK to prevent them from ...

The government’s new curriculum guidelines for English-language lessons at junior high schools have been criticized as so difficult that students are growing to detest the subject. At public schools, ...

Seven years later, children who start learning English in the first grade achieve poorer results in this subject than children whose first English lesson isn’t until the third grade. The researchers ...

The English language has a lot of weird spelling, grammar, and pronunciation rules. Here are 11 of its anomalies that make it ...

Today’s post is the latest in a series sharing teachers’ favorite lessons for English- language-learner newcomers. Even though the school year is over, or near its end, for most of us, it’s never too ...

The mayor of Lincolnshire is considering scrapping English lessons for foreign nationals. Dame Andrea Jenkyns said the £1m budget should be used on a "scheme which focuses on literacy and numeracy to ...

Language skills are often trumpeted as a cornerstone of social integration, allowing citizens to participate fully in their host communities. British prime minister David Cameron recently announced a ...

Learning a new language is conditional on a few things, chief among them time and practice. But the hours you commit are worth the investment: Studies show a correlation between bilingualism and ...

Learning a new language can enrich your life in ways you wouldn’t expect, but it still sounds intimidating, doesn’t it? Kids seem to pick up on new languages so easily, but once you’re a bit older… ...

IBERIA PARISH — Acadiana is a region rich in diverse languages and cultures, and many newcomers have made sacrifices to adapt, including learning English to better integrate into their communities.

I’ve published numerous posts over the years in which teachers of many content areas have shared their most effective lessons. In this series, it’s time for teachers of English/language-learner ...