Dr Jacqueline de Brún writes about how reading in Irish has proven to help young readers become better readers in English too.

Schools are still required under federal and state law to help students who don’t speak English to both learn the language ...

How we learn a language has changed enormously since the days of Rosetta Stone CDs. Today, more and more people are learning ...

BBC Learning English is part of BBC World Service and is dedicated to providing free resources for learners of English at all levels. BBC Learning English is a website with videos and podcasts, with ...

The number of elementary and junior high schools in Japan teaching classes in foreign languages, mostly English, has soared in the past five years. Experts say more parents want their children to ...

I was invited out to drink wine and talk with a translator friend of mine. He remarked (after drinking quite a lot) that I will never understand the thoughts of the Vietnamese people because "unlike ...