There are many good reasons for journalists around the world to work and report in English, even if it’s not their mother tongue. Many U.S. and U.K. publications have a bigger budget for international ...

English serves as a convenient, common language for science. However, this practice poses insurmountable barriers to those whose first language is not English — the majority of people around the world ...

When I (Nakamura) first arrived in the U.S. for a postdoctoral fellowship, the anxiety of speaking English struck the first moment I put my feet in the immigration hall at Miami International Airport.

Analyzing rates of target word acquisition and overall vocabulary development, this study finds that students learning English as a second language pick up general vocabulary more quickly and target ...

Communication is the process by which we give and get information. Successful communication occurs when there is understanding. My favorite quote from Rob Allen, trainer and author, is “a trainer's ...

Recently, a Chinese student at Harvard went viral with a video she recorded in which she stated that she had decided not to try and improve her English anymore (Wenxin, 2022). The student, Tatala, ...