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 ...

Language learning is deeply personal—but some languages are, objectively, more accessible to native English speakers than others. Factors like shared roots, familiar grammar rules, a common writing ...

Years ago, the Beaverton school district in Oregon participated in a study to determine the right models for improving English learners’ academic achievement. The results, which came out in 2019, ...

What if learning English wasn’t just about memorizing rules or slogging through endless grammar exercises? Imagine a platform that transforms your study sessions into an interactive, personalized ...

But an in-depth look at the science behind how language is developed reveals an interesting parallel between the science of reading and second language learning. In fact, the science of reading can ...

When Mayra Valtierrez talks about the students in New Mexico public schools who are learning English, one thing becomes clear: It’s an incredibly diverse population. Parsing education data into ...

Huw Lewis is currently contributing to a Leverhulme-funded research project entitled The Ethics of Linguistic Integration Gwennan Higham is currently contributing to a Leverhulme-funded research ...

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 ...

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“Speak English!” can be one of the cruelest things for an immigrant to hear. It can sound simultaneously like a demand for instant assimilation, an accusation of disloyalty, and a presumption of ...