THE RISE OF ENGLISH Global Politics and the Power of Language By Rosemary Salomone “Every time the question of language surfaces,” the Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote, “in one way or ...

A stroke in a baby -- even a big one -- does not have the same lasting impact as a stroke in an adult. A study found that a decade or two after a 'perinatal' stroke damaged the left 'language' side of ...

Ingrid Piller receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Humboldt Foundation. The Australian government is considering yet another English language test for migrants. The rationale ...

Bangor University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. English has achieved prime status by becoming the most widely spoken language in the world – if one disregards proficiency – ...

This week’s new question-of-the-week is: What are effective assessment strategies for multilingual learners? Assessment is a key element of teaching—we need to know where our students are in the ...