This past January, Amazon launched an Alexa-based English learning program for Spanish speakers in Spain, and now it's expanding that program into the US and Mexico. The program employs artificial ...

Today’s post is the latest in a series sharing teachers’ favorite lessons for English- language-learner newcomers. Even though the school year is over, or near its end, for most of us, it’s never too ...

An earlier study had raised doubts about the effectiveness of learning English in the first grade. Now, researchers have observed that it improves language performance over an extended period of time.

ELSA, the English language learning platform, announced today it has raised $23 million in Series C funding. It also launched ELSA AI Tutor, which draws on years of speech recognition data collected ...

YOKOHAMA--Teacher Yumiko Imanishi wrestled with the fact that some students form a negative view of English after entering high school. With this in mind, she embarked on a project to foster more ...

As California launches a new literacy campaign, some advocates worry that for English learners, a focus on sounding out words will come at the expense of learning the meaning of words. State ...

Declan Flanagan is affiliated with NATECLA. Mike Chick is affiliated with the Welsh Refugee Council. What happens when learning English stops being a bridge into society and starts to feel like a test ...

Thousands of Chinese study etiquette and 'Olympic English' to welcome tourists. BEIJING, Aug. 10, 2008— -- Zhi Lijiang is one of hundreds of thousands of Chinese volunteers making sure the ...

I’ve published numerous posts over the years in which teachers of many content areas have shared their most effective lessons. In this series, it’s time for teachers of English/language-learner ...