As Congress resumes, we can expect a heated debate as the House and Senate work out differences between their competing immigration reform bills. One of the more contentious issues is whether the law ...

Associate professor of English Erin Webster did not plan on teaching when she started her undergraduate degree. However, she has taught at the College of William and Mary since 2016 and is now ...

English as a second language (ESL) refers to the study and use of the English language by individuals whose native language is not English. It is usually taught in countries where English is a major ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how millennials can be happier at work. Lifelong learning can lead to a more fulfilling and healthier life in the ...

The language a child speaks affects the rate at which they learn number words, and hearing number words in natural conversation – not just in counting routines – is a critical part of learning the ...

We rarely think about it, but building a career is a relative novelty. Depending on the country, it wasn't until the 18th or 19th centuries that people began to build careers. Before, something that ...

Caroline Kennedy's latest book comes with an agenda: to encourage a return to poetic memorization and recitation that both families and schools once considered routine. In Poems to Learn by Heart, ...

This is the third installment in a series of articles about a summer spent in the Peruvian village of Cochas Grande. As I entered the classroom, the children stood up abruptly amid a cacophony of ...

In today’s world, English has become one of the most important languages. Wherever you go, whether it is in your own country or abroad, in schools, offices, airports, hotels, universities, or on the ...

I was talking to a Brazilian friend of mine today. I told him about Korea, and how the Seoul subway announcements are given in Korean, Japanese, Chinese and English. "What about the signs?" he asked. ...