English is one of the most popular languages in the world: More than 1 billion people speak it, about 380 million consider it their native language and many countries make sure young students learn it ...

An earlier study had raised doubts about the effectiveness of learning English in the first grade. Now, researchers have observed that it improves language performance over an extended period of time.

The UK government says tougher English rules will aid integration. Esol experts warn they risk turning language learning into ...

In these ten-minute lessons, Australian teachers teach fundamental skills in English. These mini lessons are co-designed with teachers and produced with the support of Australian schools, the NSW ...

A Japanese woman was so confident in her method of teaching the English language to children that she tested it out in Canada. Kimiko Nakayama, 56, president and CEO of Kinder Kids Inc., now operates ...

Seven years later, children who start learning English in the first grade achieve poorer results in this subject than children whose first English lesson isn’t until the third grade. The researchers ...

Today’s post is the latest in a series sharing teachers’ favorite lessons for English- language-learner newcomers. Even though the school year is over, or near its end, for most of us, it’s never too ...

For years, those are the tools Carmen Nolasco used to study English on her own after immigrating to the United States from Mexico. Occasionally, she said, she offered to teach Spanish in exchange for ...