Does learning a new language have to come at the cost of your native language? One common phenomenon in English-speaking countries is the loss of mother languages over the course of a few generations.

For English learners, acquiring language proficiency opens the door to thrive across all subjects. However, learning a new language can be a long, difficult process that requires courage, resilience ...

Over ten percent of the student population in the United States is comprised of English Language Learners. Given that reality, the role of a student’s home language merits discussion. Use of students’ ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are some of the most common mistakes teachers make when working with ELLs, and what should they do, instead? Many of us who teach English-language learners make ...

Adjunct Research Fellow Victoria University of Wellington; Head of the Quality Assurance Institute and Senior Lecturer, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta The English language in ...

Clare Cunningham has previously received funding from the British Council. More than 20% of all primary school and 16% of secondary school children in the UK speak languages other than English. And ...

Students enrolled in a second grade dual-language class in El Paso at Mesita Elementary work on math problems. Their teacher, Jill McGee, uses Spanish for half the day and English the other half to ...