Too many Americans today can’t speak a second language, or even speak and write English sufficiently, writes Lynne Agress.

If your family’s New Year resolutions include less screen time, Lehigh Valley school librarians have you covered with book recommendations perfect for elementary, middle and high school students — and ...

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March 25: “Hurrah, and vote for suffrage! Don’t keep them in doubt.” — Febb Burn, a 47-year-old widower, in a letter to her ...

DCU Sealbhú's consultation with students, parents, and teachers is timely given the upsurge of interest in Gaeilge evident in ...

Dorri PartainManaging Editor Beginning on Tuesday, Jan. 13, the North-East branch of the Kansas City Public Library will ...

Writers, activists, and scholars reflect on the most urgent books of 2025—from Palestine and caste to climate, queerness, and resistance. Read their picks.

My weekly language classes have taught me humility more than anything else. Ayaka Ono, my current Japanese teacher, estimates she’s tutored about 600 students over 15 years. They’ve been mostly ...

A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may help preserve memory, attention, and brain flexibility as we age. An ...

English remains the world's international language of communication, yet new research shows that EU citizens' reading and listening skills are better than their speaking and writing. The Dutch have ...

Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November, ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...