“What do you want your teacher to know about you?” Esther considered the question, sitting in a small room with Ms. Odette, the interpreter who was working with her to complete her learning profile—a ...

The acquisition of vocabulary in a second language is a multifaceted process, encompassing both explicit instruction and incidental learning. Contemporary research highlights the importance of digital ...

K-12 educators in the United States are still federally required to support English learners’ acquisition of the English language, regardless of any official national language designation. That’s the ...

In a study of nearly 700,000 English speakers, researchers from Boston College, MIT and Harvard have discovered the optimal years to learn a second language extend to the cusp of adulthood, the team ...

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We learn about language acquisition and how the process differs for babies and adults. Exposure to language as infants doesn’t just help us say those first words but gives us the tools we need to ...

Fifteen years after Massachusetts voters remade English-language education in the state, lawmakers are set to reverse course. Students who are learning English drop out of school more and graduate ...