We need to stop telling our students to have their essays checked by a native English speaker. It doesn’t help them, sometimes harms them, and perpetuates a false narrative about writing and language.
Linguistic challenges exert a huge toll on nonnative English speakers as they pour disproportionate effort, time and money into academic tasks that their Anglophone colleagues breeze through, new ...
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English proficiency is an increasingly important factor for job seekers, company success and tourism revenues all over the world. EF's English Proficiency Index shows how well people all over the ...
Picture this: A group of nonnative English speakers are in a room. There's someone from Germany, Singapore, South Korea, Nigeria and France. They're having a great ...
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Students who were once English learners but are now proficient in English do better on average on California’s standardized tests than students who only speak English. Some district leaders and ...
In addition to being the most widely spoken tongue, English has managed to amass significant economic power. According to the Power Language Index by Kai L. Chen, English comes up top on all five ...
A Spanish-speaking Taco Bell employee has lost her job after a video circulated online allegedly showing her denying service to an English-speaking customer in Florida. Alexandria Montgomery shot the ...