A survey has revealed that Japan currently ranks fifty-third out of 100 non-English speaking countries and regions for English language abilities. With this fall from last year, Japan now has a lower ...

A study of seven high-poverty districts in the Seattle metropolitan area found that it took nearly four years for elementary school-aged English-language learners to develop English proficiency.

English is considered the world’s lingua franca. Cities with higher English proficiency are generally more competitive for business, but where does Hong Kong sit among its Asian neighbours? According ...

English learners’ average English-language proficiency scores have remained in decline since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new assessment data from the WIDA consortium. The WIDA ...

Four-year-olds are crying, putting their heads on their desks or simply refusing to answer the questions during an English proficiency test they’re required to take in transitional kindergarten. The ...

China’s steady decline in global rankings of English proficiency continues to stoke debate about students’ prospects and potential risks to the country’s international competitiveness. Education ...

The 2021 edition of the EF English Proficiency Index involved an analysis of the results of two million adults who took our English tests in 2020. The worldwide average has not changed significantly ...

A record 33.2 million Hispanics in the U.S. speak English proficiently, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. 1 In 2013, this group made up 68% of all Hispanics ...

David Feng, a 23-year-old bilingual student, embodies where government officials want Taiwan to be by 2030 to help boost the island’s competitiveness internationally. Feng can communicate fluidly with ...