Our world has become very interconnected. There are more speakers of English as an additional language than speakers considered to use

I've always been proud of my Basque roots, though bringing them up often leads to the same reaction: Basque? Where is that from?

Today I was looking at a list of oxymorons. It was a playful list that had been made for English language learning purposes.

I read a Japanese story a few years ago that made me feel very upset. It was about a mother who was carrying a baby on her back. She needed

In Iran, we commonly use the term zaban [literally translated as language/tongue] to refer exclusively to the English language. When someone

As a teacher of Italian and a teacher educator, I have the privilege to work with students from many different cultural and linguistic

Dr. Fatemeh Khonamri University of Mazandaran I used to believe that the best way to teach a reading course in an Iranian context was to...

Recently, I had a blast from the past when my former Iranian English teacher, Mitti, kindly sent me a few of my English writings from...

Differentiation is key to meeting teaching and learning objectives at school. Some students need extra help to reach required achievement...

Born and raised in Vietnam, I learned and later taught English as a foreign language. My monolingual background significantly shaped my...

Indonesia has more than 700 languages, with Bahasa Indonesia (or simply Bahasa) being the official one. From the westernmost Sabang in...

Bilingualism is difficult to define. We often go with a feeling more than anything. That person is bilingual. I’d like to be bilingual,...

I was born and raised during a golden era of English language education in China. By the time I was in the third grade, English had...

Have you ever secretly thought that people invent a term so it sounds like something new and exciting, but it’s actually no different to...

Navigating language use in the classroom can be challenging.

In this entry, I’m going to talk about the differences between translation and translanguaging and whether or not these two notions can...

When I was young, Japanese happened to me at school. It was external to me, geographically distant. I was here and Japanese was there. I...