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An earlier study had raised doubts about the effectiveness of learning English in the first grade. Now, researchers have observed that it improves language performance over an extended period of time.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Even in schools offering face-to-face instruction this fall, one “class” of students likely won’t be the coherent unit that it was in past years. Within one 5th grade class, for example, students may ...

Papua New Guinea is the world’s capital of linguistic diversity, with more than 10 per cent of the world’s living languages – but this diversity is endangered. Community after community continue to ...

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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 ...

Students in Europe learn foreign languages in school at a much higher rate than their American counterparts. They also tend to learn more languages throughout their education due to national mandates.