It is important to preserve and develop a child’s home language for their cultural, linguistic and social development. Research shows that English plays a dominant role in schools and society at large ...

For Leslie and Mark Begert, raising bilingual children in a predominantly English-speaking culture presented a challenge that many parents face: how to make language learning natural, engaging, and ...

Correction: The original video with this piece did not include captioning for some of the American Sign Language seen on screen. The video has been updated to include ...

Designed for young readers, "¡GOOOOL!: A Bilingual Book of Soccer" uses the excitement of game day to introduce Spanish and English vocabulary.

Luther Burbank High School senior Emili Carrillo is finding ways to learn English — but lately, school isn’t making that easy. The 17-year-old moved from Mexico nearly four years ago with her dad, and ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Before the 1950s, prevailing research indicated that bilingualism created a disadvantage for children. Since then, many ...

For decades, two factors drove the demand for dual-language education: a desire to preserve native languages and recognition that dual-language learning can boost overall achievement for ...

I've been an English-as-a-second-language teacher in Peru for over a decade. Teaching kids the basics of their native language will help them learn other languages later. Learning a new language also ...

As more states and districts are embracing the “science of reading,” some educators and advocates have raised the question: Will these methods work for English-language learners? The “science of ...

A year ago, the kindergartners learning English in Tanya Gan Lim's class were thriving. Back then, she'd bring in props and pictures to help her students learn the language and sound out words. Then ...

SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. — In classrooms inside the Scranton School for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Children this week, children and adults painted fireworks of various colors. Others painted American flags on ...