For English learners, acquiring language proficiency opens the door to thrive across all subjects. However, learning a new language can be a long, difficult process that requires courage, resilience ...

Positive attitudes toward school and access to dual-language immersion programs are associated with better academic performance among English learners. Learning in overcrowded classrooms and having a ...

Boston College’s TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate program is designed to prepare future English language educators with the essential skills, knowledge, and ...

In Christina Gomez’s kindergarten classroom at Mt. View Elementary, in a neighborhood of Nashville, Tenn., students took turns summarizing what they’d just read about the four seasons and farm animals ...

A dual-language immersion class at Rogers Elementary is helping students build confidence in both English and Spanish. Thanks to the Scripps Howard "If You Give a Child a Book" campaign, these ...

Geneva Smitherman ended up in speech therapy in her freshman year at Wayne State University in the 1950s, when she failed a test to screen incoming teaching students for possible speech problems. The ...

Four students sit in a classroom in Iran. The three women and a man are there to learn enough English to be able to pass the dreaded TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). They all have ...

When children acquire a new language, they are not merely memorizing vocabulary. Actually, they're opening up pathways to diverse opportunities, friendships, and cultural experiences. Proficiency in ...

Patricia Hackman, a 6th grade English Language Arts teacher at Kirbyville Junior High School, has been recognized through the ...

Nick Mireles is a writer on the central coast of California. He has a knack for film, music, and Dungeons and Dragons. When he’s not writing, he tries to spend his days reading, surfing, and camping ...