STORY: Why is English so hard to spell? There are clear differences between how words are written and how they are said. If English is your first language you may not realize it’s not that normal. In ...

A most versatile major, English provides its majors with the skills needed to succeed in many fields: business, law, medicine, education, screenwriting, government ...

The world's population was estimated at 7.55 billion people in 2017. Out of the 7.5 billion, 1.5 billion are English speakers, 372 million native speakers, 611 million second-language speakers, and ...

Over the past few weeks, my wife and I have been turning our attic into a library. I’ve been arranging all our beautiful books by subject and alphabetizing them. The books gleam. The new-built shelves ...

According to a recent survey coordinated by the European Commission, 80% of European 15-30-year-olds can read and write in at least one foreign language. This number drops to only 32% amongst British ...