Manuel Pereda, 57, spent years studying English during the day and working as a dishwasher at night. His wife, Rosa, 54, practiced common phrases and constantly looked up words in an Spanish-English ...

Columns are opinion pieces regularly contributed by a select group of writers. Columns reflect the opinions of the writer and do not represent VTDigger’s views. University of Vermont English professor ...

Regarding the war in Ukraine, understanding and learning from history has always been important, especially now. Sadly, some disregard the study of history. “It’s the past. We can’t live in the past.” ...

The earlier that English-language-learner students are reclassified as English-proficient, the more likely they are to graduate high school, a study from the Regional Educational Laboratory at WestEd ...

More than a third of students in the Houston Independent School District are not fluent in English. The best way to help them learn that language involves teaching them in their native tongue. That ...

Study the nature of human language. Focus your literature studies on a range of historical periods, individual authors, movements, themes and genres. And learn to write well in a variety of genres ...