Only about 7 percent of English language learners in the Boston Public Schools are enrolled in dual-language programs, a proven approach that provides some lessons in the student’s native language.

On March 1, 2010, Hiroshi Mikitani, the founder and CEO of Rakuten, a Japan-based e-retailer, announced that henceforth English would be the official language of the company’s 10,000 employees.

The city of Espoo has postponed a controversial scheme that would require all Espoo schoolchildren to study English as their first foreign language. The plan by the city administration is aimed at ...

The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...