Not speaking English is a figurative wall that obstructs millions of immigrants in California from taking full advantage of the opportunities in their new home. Although there are plenty of places ...

Explore my English language journey, from age 4 to now. Get tips to improve speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.

Celia Bowman-Jeffries remembers the moment the light bulb went off for a little boy who knew no English when she first started working with him. She could see he was incredibly intelligent, but he was ...

Blue Canoe, a Bellevue, Wash. startup that makes an app for learning English, just raised $2.5 million in seed funding. Lots of tools help people learn English, but Blue Canoe says it is a little ...

English as a second language classes are needed. Every other day, there seems to be something in the Summit Daily News about Spanish-speakers and the schools. Our family lived for three years in West ...

Languages are typically taught by first exposing you to reading and writing, but native speakers always start learning languages by hearing and talking. Speak has built a platform to teach languages ...

Chantal Da Silva is Chief Correspondent at Newsweek, with a focus on immigration and human rights. She is a Canadian-British journalist whose work has also been featured by The Independent, The i ...

“I sometimes dream in Spanish,” wrote Bakir Brown. “I was first introduced and fell in love with the language by watching ‘Sesame Street.’ I just loved how the words just literally rolled off the ...