President Donald Trump issued an executive order over the weekend declaring English as the official language of the U.S. Tribes say "not so fast." ...

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.

Growing up in the bilingual city of Kyiv in the 1990s, I studied the Ukrainian language like a museum object—intensely, but at a distance, never quite feeling all of its textures or bringing it home.

Although English is widely recognized as a global language, hiring practices in English Language Teaching (ELT) often continue to privilege native-speaker status. This qualitative study explores how ...

We need to stop telling our students to have their essays checked by a native English speaker. It doesn’t help them, sometimes harms them, and perpetuates a false narrative about writing and language.

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. Can an adult learn to speak a second language with the accent of a native? Not likely, but new research ...

The latest Annenberg Inclusion Initiative research brief found that Native Americans comprised just 133 of 62,224 speaking characters – and only 99 of those roles were played by Native actors. By ...