Ed Somner Bogard, the fixer who prides himself on his ability to get anything for anyone (provided it’s legal), is trying to ...

Today, Slate is releasing the latest edition of a new weekly game called SoundBites. It’s a little bit crossword, a little bit phonics, and entirely dependent on the fact that English pronunciation ...

Don't insult someone unless you want them to insult you back.

Pictures show what mouth shape different sounds make on the walls of Diana Oviedo-Holguin’s class at Heritage Elementary ...

My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing), in 30 hours, French in 30 ...

If you teach English learners, you already know the daily puzzle: a classroom full of students at five or six different ...

Here's today's Strands answers and hints. These clues will help you solve The New York Times' popular puzzle game, Strands, ...

By offering a quick, low-pressure way to practice, teachers can help students build their confidence and poise when talking ...

Many of us oldsters remember being taught in school that there are eight parts of speech, but I find that, when I try to remember what I was taught, I usually come up with nine.  When I look at ...

Jones' new novel, Kin, is set in 1950s Louisiana and Atlanta, and tells the story of two young women who grow up next door to ...

As an American English speaker who moved to Spain without knowing Spanish, I've had some challenges. Still, a year later, I'm glad I moved here.

As a child, longtime teacher Dan Gill had a lot of questions about the nursery rhymes his parents would read to him, like ...