English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

Have you decided to learn English from scratch? Congratulations. You're braver than half of those who have been saying “I have to start” for years. Now the main thing is not to break down after a ...

Macke Lau Jae Yun, 10, says his favourite alphabet is M. It stands for so many things. It includes money, mother, Max (my cousin), McDonald's and macaroons. M also stands for many games I like to play ...

Ukrainian belongs to the East Slavic language family, sharing roots with Russian and Belarusian. For English speakers, mastering this beautiful language presents unique challenges and opportunities.

Though Maria Cosme’s Allegheny Valley students speak more than half a dozen languages from four continents, one tongue unites them: English. Cosme is one of the most recent additions to the district, ...

This is the eighth of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the seventh of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that ...

Fluent English speakers often add sounds between words to link them together. When one word ends with a vowel sound, and the following word begins with a vowel sound, you might hear a subtle /j/ or /w ...

Oregon students have made small gains in key subjects over the last year but are still lagging behind the proficiency levels of their peers before the pandemic. The latest results from statewide ...

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Wendy actress Sydney Chandler and sound editor/designer Lee Gilmore discuss what went into creating the Xenomorph language for the FX series Alien: Earth.

A new study finds that people hear familiar words as louder than nonsense words, even when both are equally loud. The results suggest that our brains rely on language knowledge to shape how we ...