The English learner population is growing but the number of specialized instructors for them and training for general education teachers who work with them is lagging. Researchers and educators say ...

One of the more controversial issues in internationalization is the dominance of English as language of instruction and the dissemination of scholarship. Recently, two countries seem to be at the ...

The widespread role of English as an international lingua franca opens up many opportunities for trained English teachers globally. Increasingly, EFL (English as a foreign language) providers want to ...

In 2013, Penny Ur was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II for her services to English language teaching. She is a bestselling author who has written extensively on the subject, and has over 30 years ...

Kaplan has announced a new partnership with the Godparents Network Uruguay training teachers to provide English language education to rural Uruguayan schools. The partnership between the Godparents ...

As teacher David Ramirez strode around his 7th-grade classroom at Oakland’s Urban Promise Academy, he was taking on a central challenge of the new Common Core standards: how to ensure that students ...

An Indiana State professor challenged foreign language educators throughout the world to examine their teaching methods and think of ways to strengthen student learning. Lisa Calvin, associate ...