When Mayor de Blasio quietly scrapped the requirement for yellow-cab drivers to pass an English test recently, he might have thought he was easing the path to a job for immigrants. Yet he has no idea ...

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As California launches a new literacy campaign, some advocates worry that for English learners, a focus on sounding out words will come at the expense of learning the meaning of words. State ...

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Huw Lewis is currently contributing to a Leverhulme-funded research project entitled The Ethics of Linguistic Integration Gwennan Higham is currently contributing to a Leverhulme-funded research ...

Not speaking English is a figurative wall that obstructs millions of immigrants in California from taking full advantage of the opportunities in their new home. Although there are plenty of places ...

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Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, University of Westminster The prime minister, David Cameron, wants more Muslim women in the UK to be taught English to reduce segregation between ...

NEW YORK — If you’ve ever tried — and maybe even succeeded — to learn a language you weren’t raised with, you know how humbling it can be: grasping for words, butchering them and pleading for ...