For many students, learning English isn’t just about studying a subject. It’s about keeping up with lectures, passing exams, ...

A former English-language learner who was also identified with learning disabilities as a child, the Magnolia, Calif., school system special education teacher did not learn to read until 6th grade ...

A delicate difficulty concerns how English speakers show politeness. Some languages have quite clear ways for their users to do this. In French you can use the pronoun vous instead of tu to be polite.

The lack of preparation that general education teachers receive to support English-learners in their classroom was an issue pre-pandemic that was showcased more clearly in virtual learning, said ...

In the 1950s, the Air Force gave recruits an amazingly comprehensive series of tests to find out what they knew. “You must be from New York State,” a sergeant told me after I finished. … ...

Although English is a compulsory subject in junior high and high school in this country, Japanese still have a hard time achieving even daily conversation levels.

While 1.5 year old babies are powerful word learners, they can have difficulty learning similar-sounding words (e.g., "coat" and "goat"). A string of previous studies had found unexplained ...

"My English Puberty" is an educational variety program that aims to help people who have difficulty learning English, despite spending a lot of time and money.

“Our ability to communicate is fundamental and underpins everything else. Learning to talk is one of the most important skills a child can master in the 21st Century,” she said. The proportion of ...