When Allen Jay Elementary School began its dual-language immersion program in English and Urdu, school officials initially considered translating the curriculum used for the school’s similar program ...

For more than 150 years, the Wôpanâak language was silent. With no fluent speakers alive, the language of the Mashpee Wampanoag people existed only in historical documents. It was by all measures ...

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There is little evidence that many students achieve much fluency in high school." Jay Mathews Washington Post As a freshman in high school I took French I and after earning a 75, I trudged on to ...

Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o once described language as “the most important vehicle through which that [colonial] power fascinated and held the soul prisoner”. He illustrated this with a disturbing ...

Language schools play a central role in bringing the world together by lowering communication barriers. At present, it is estimated that more than 6,000 languages are spoken worldwide of which 200 ...

Learning a new language has become more accessible and convenient with the emergence of language learning apps. With just a few taps on your smartphone, you can begin the journey of mastering a new ...

Learning a new language isn’t easy. It took me four years of high school French to be semi-comfortable ordering a croissant in a Parisian cafe. But, keeping a notebook while you’re learning a foreign ...