The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...

Health systems have a lot to gain from clinician education around effective communication with non-English-speaking patients. In 2013, more than 61 million people in the US reported speaking a ...

As more states and districts are embracing the “science of reading,” some educators and advocates have raised the question: Will these methods work for English-language learners? The “science of ...

Emma Seddon receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. Britain is facing an uncertain future and an uneasy relationship with Europe after Brexit. Among other things, the country’s ...

In this article, we will take a look at the 15 countries with English as official language in the world. If you want to skip our discussion on the language trends, you can go directly to the 5 ...

There are many questions being asked about the European Union’s future after the departure of the United Kingdom last week. One of the most curious concerns language. For two decades, English has been ...

Want to travel to a country that speaks your language? Those who speak English may have more choices than they think. But be forewarned that even places where English is the official or even just the ...

President Trump designated English as the official U.S. language in a Saturday executive order that repealed former President Clinton’s executive action aiding individuals who are limited in their ...