As far back as George Bernard Shaw’s fictional professor Henry Higgins, language experts have argued that low-income students who learn to switch from speaking a dialect to using standard English have ...

I love teaching English-language learners and I suspect most other educators feel the same way. Nevertheless, teaching anyone comes with all sorts of challenges, and ELLs are no different. Today’s ...

Learning a new language brings a whole range of interesting benefits, but how can they be applied to academic goals? The truth is there are plenty of ways that picking up a second language can help a ...

This course is designed to help students achieve good score on their TOEFL® Internet-Based Test, using academic language skills and test taking strategies. Practicing listening comprehension, ...

The first large-scale, longitudinal study adapted into the regular school curriculum finds that structured music lessons significantly enhance children's cognitive abilities -- including ...

Linda Nordling is a freelance journalist in Cape Town, South Africa. Two decades ago, European universities were racing to internationalize. The Bologna Process, launched in 1999 to standardize and ...

Students who speak Spanish more often and experience more violence tend to have lower GPAs, according to a new study led by ...

As a French minor who struggles with the language, I often wonder: What will I do with this minor? If I’m not a French professor or an ambassador, is it still worth all the time? Then I remember how ...

Purdue students who fall below a 2.0 grade point average will no longer be “on academic probation” – instead, they’ll be “on academic notice,” thanks to a change in academic regulations language ...