English spelling is crazy. Even people born and raised in English-speaking societies who speak no other language still often have a lot of trouble with English spelling. You may think that English is ...

Like most people who study abroad in a non-English speaking country, I expected to be fully immersed in the German language upon my arrival in Freiburg. That expectation has been met — at least, for ...

Emma Seddon receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. Britain is facing an uncertain future and an uneasy relationship with Europe after Brexit. Among other things, the country’s ...

Swedish is a vibrant language spoken by about 10 million people, mostly in Sweden and Finland. But Swedish young people are ...

I am often asked why English is such a difficult to learn for non-native speakers. In fact, how hard it is to learn depends on what your native language is; and this follows as languages are more (or ...

English is the international language of science, for better or for worse, but most of the world’s scientists speak it as a second language. We shoulder an extra career challenge: not only must we ...