Last year President Trump made English the official language of the United States. Then his administration moved to zero out the federal money that teaches it. But even fully funded, those programs ...

Decades of research show that students who speak a language other than English develop English-language proficiency best by ...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 01: An immigrants rights supporter holds a sign reading 'Immigrants Make America Great' before marching downtown during a 'March for Dignity' on March 01, 2025 in Los ...

“Official” is a very English word. It has its roots in the Old French “oficial” and the Latin “officialis,” and now — thanks to a new Trump executive order — describes the status of the English ...

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Three things that people often mention to me, as a linguist, leave me wondering whether to just nod politely or disappoint ...

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 ...

Tatsuya Amano knows how daunting it is to be surrounded by people speaking a foreign language in your workplace. The conservation scientist left his native Japan in 2011 to work in the UK and then ...

Lectures at Britain’s best universities now come with subtitles. Look around the room and you’ll see rows of students ...

Lawmakers in New Zealand have passed a bill to make English one of the country’s official languages.