For most kids, English class is, at its best, a place where you learn how to communicate and in the process hopefully encounter a few stimulating ideas. Many English teaching higher-ups disagree.

Accents center on the pronunciation of words, while dialects encompass pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Here, the subjects of Grant Wood's American Gothic channel speaking styles popular in ...

What Does Your Speech Reveal? We use language to express our identity. Our way of speaking varies and changes to reflect who we are and who we want to be. Carmen Fought asks the provocative questions: ...