Across Africa, millions of children grow up speaking African languages at home but are later expected to learn through ...

Listen to the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast to hear anthropologist April Nowell explain the origins of language.

English has become the world’s default bridge language, spoken by billions of people who never grew up hearing it at home.

Thirty secondary school students were awarded in the inaugural ORATOR National English Competition on Sunday, July 19, after months of a race that tested not only their command of the language but ...

Unsplash English has become the planet’s default second language, spoken in boardrooms from Amsterdam to Abuja and taught in ...

When a language becomes accessible, it becomes visible. And when it becomes visible, it becomes part of international ...

From colonel to espresso, the pronunciation of these 27 difficult English words stumps even native speakers daily. The post ...

Ashleigh Hallam teaches English as a second language at her local library in Indiana. Soccer is now teaching her Spanish as a ...

A notice displayed at a McDonald’s outlet has sparked an intense assimilation-versus-multiculturalism debate in the US. The ...

A surprising trend has developed over the course of this World Cup, with many fans making the peculiar decision to snub Fox’s English coverage of the tournament in favor of the more gripping ...

“Genie, you’ve been off the radar for so long. Where on earth have you been hiding?” “Oh! Little Moon, I flew back to my roots to let my voice echo through the ballot box.” “You giant Genie! You can’t ...

The language barrier becomes an opportunity barrier. And it’s invisible to the people who never have to think about it. For ...