The school’s English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program — a term that describes courses for non-native English speakers to develop better English language competency — will focus on ...

Researchers at MIT have created a database of annotated sentences written by non-native English speakers, the university announced in a press release Friday, in an effort to improve the ways in which ...

English serves as a convenient, common language for science. However, this practice poses insurmountable barriers to those whose first language is not English — the majority of people around the world ...

Students practice English at a primary school in Dexing, Jiangxi province, in front of an Olympic bulletin board in May. [Photo/China Daily] In my previous blog entry, Native Teachers Wanted... What ...

Michael Erard is the author of "Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners." Updated January 29, 2012, 7:00 PM Whether or not you think learning a language other ...

Can native English speakers tackle the challenging English section of Korea's Suneung exam? Watch Ollie and his friends take on real questions from the notorious Korean university entrance exam.

We already knew that generative AI replicates human biases, but it turns out the tools meant to identify it do, as well. Reading time 3 minutes Programs meant to distinguish chatbot text from human ...

Some readers believe that non-native English speaking teachers are often more qualified and dedicated than their native-speaking counterparts, challenge the notion that native speakers are inherently ...

“Old” information goes at the beginning of the sentence, “new” information goes at the end, a writing guide informed me. The reason? Readers expect sentences to work that way. All readers? I looked ...

In a room full of non-native speakers, ‘there isn’t any chance of understanding’. It might be their language, but the message is often lost. It was just one word in one email, but it triggered huge ...