Patrick van Eyck (SFS ’28) intended to study Russian or Persian at Georgetown University. After three semesters of classes, ...

Probably many readers of The Chronicle of Higher Education watched recently the unforgettable moment in which Luis Urzúa, the last of the trapped Chilean miners, stepped out of the “Phoenix” capsule ...

Language proficiency assessment encompasses a diverse range of methodologies designed to evaluate an individual’s communicative abilities, from grammatical precision to the dynamic management of ...

Pragmatic competence—the ability to navigate the subtleties of social and cultural language use—remains a pivotal area in second language acquisition research. This aspect of language proficiency ...

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 ...

Today, Juana Arias-Dominguez, an AP Spanish teacher at Union City High School in New Jersey, shares how to develop oral competency in students learning a language. As a past program leader for the ...

As a Chinese and Japanese language teacher, I’ve always had a secret antipathy for sushi and dumplings. It’s not that I don’t like to eat them. It’s just that, in my first experiences teaching these ...

Upper-level CIA officers will now have to speak a foreign language proficiently, after CIA Director Leon Panetta announced today that a foreign-language requirement will be put in place for officers ...

FMCSA clarifies that while most English proficiency failures now trigger out-of-service orders, truck drivers in designated ...

How long does it take to become fluent in a language? Here’s the realistic timelines, expert insights, and fluency tips for ...