A reader suggested I write a column about words referring to nature and ecology.  That struck me as a good idea, because many ...

In the field of paediatrics, the concept of normal (ie, typical)—in contrast to different, special, deviant, delayed, or ...

Students at R. Brown McAllister Elementary School use exercises in phonemic awareness—the ability to recognize and manipulate the sounds in English—during literary instruction on March 19, 2025, in ...

Anhelina Halych, a small girl, still a toddler, her eyes bright with a smile that no longer exists. Born in Kyiv in October ...

Across two studies, researchers from the University of Tasmania in Australia wanted to understand how capitalization skills change with age and whether certain writing patterns make it easier or ...

Of 10,000 U.K. teachers surveyed, 50% reported hearing their students say "trash" or "garbage" instead of the more typical ...

Tired of learning new English words only to forget them the next day? In this lesson, Claire shares five proven strategies to ...

Some of the words are cutesy (kerfuffle, jubilee). Others are onomatopoeic, with a similar sound to the idea they’re describing (meow, clink, squeak). Some are bizarre sounding (for example, syzygy: ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...

Welcoming translations gives the prize the potential to show that books from different cultures and written in languages ...