When Harriet Mitchell moved to Portugal, she realised that she didn't understand Portuguese - even though she had taken ...

In line with the idea that certain sounds may coincide with particular emotions, researchers have found that words may ...

The language of the Ents from The Lord of the Rings was extremely long-winded, making it impossible for most of ...

While we cannot, in the immediate future, totally alter the institutional structures of postsecondary liberal arts education, ...

Using more appealing language and descriptions — rather than simply labelling foods ‘vegan’ or ‘vegetarian’ — can encourage ...

Writing teacher Michelle Petty has won the 2025 Braddock Award for her co-authored paper on Black linguistic justice.

English isn't the first language of over 20% of pupils in schools in England, and this proportion is rising. The children in this group who also have special educational needs or disabilities may be ...

My main motivation for learning Russian has always been related to my family. Since my mom was Romanian-Moldovan, her side of the family spoke Russian and ...

In a tight labor market where businesses struggle to find qualified workers, three states are investing in English language learning to build a more resilient workforce.

Genevieve Larkin, the wisenheimer social climber in the film “Gold Diggers of 1937,” might not have known the term, but she ...

Spel” in 2023. The name says we English-speaking people need a new way to spell our language. The next question is, why ...

Sophisticated birdsong follows strict grammatical rules, much like human sentences. But what happens when birds can't hear ...