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 ...

A typical AE schedule starts at 8:00 am and includes 20 credit-based hours of instruction – 18 hours of core English classes and 2 hours of “Pathways to Success at UAB,” a support course for all AE ...

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 ...

As education continues to change, parents look for new and creative ways to support their children's learning. The importance of selecting the right educational resources is immense, with the ...

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, ...

I remember the first time I encountered academic language. During my freshman year, I was so excited to dive in and learn more about my class subjects, but I left the readings completely discouraged.

Pineteh Angu is a member of the English Academy of South Africa (EASA), European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW) and the newly formed South African Association of Academic ...

Learning a new language often involves traveling the world, but students at Ohio State can now do so by traveling the Big Ten. Students at any Big Ten school, as well as the University of Chicago, can ...

Students earning a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) are required to demonstrate intermediate level proficiency in a foreign ...

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 ...