Parents are failing to get a handle on internet slang, new research says, making it more difficult to detect if children are involved in dangerous or illegal online practices. So how much do you know?

A picture may be worth a thousand words. But economists have now come up with an exact value for the English language in the internet age. The language of Milton and Shakespeare - or more to the point ...

Or can yous tell the meaning of these English letters such as "GG," "GF" and "PLMM"? Stay calm and do not lose your self-confidence if you are confused by the questions. They are actually not a test ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Canadian linguist Gretchen McCulloch believes the internet is making us more nuanced and inventive writers. We ...

Project a bilingual dictionary or glossary such as the Google dictionary or Wiktionary, Wikipedia's online dictionary and ... 1. Choose three words you want to introduce and ask learners to guess what ...

The internet slang term "LOL" (laughing out loud) has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, to the mild dismay of language purists. But where did the term originate? And is it really a threat ...

Project a page from the BBC World Service or El Mensual / Le Mensuel in the appropriate language and... 1. Ask learners to identify stories that they recognise 2. Use the headlines to get learners to ...

Every day I write to friends, acquaintances, colleagues and strangers using most or all the following media: Gmail, Google Hangouts, Twitter, Instagram, iMessage and WhatsApp. A message sent through ...

The internet regulator has approved plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses, in a move that is set to transform the online world. The board of Icann voted at its annual meeting in Seoul to allow ...