A new study has examined the role of several cognitive functions in young students learning to write English, their second language. The study conducted a battery of cognitive tests, gauged the ...

Reviewed Work: Functions of Language in the Classroom by C. B. Cazden, V. P. John, D. Hymes Research in the Teaching of English is a multidisciplinary journal composed of original research and ...

Some people coordinate language use with both sides of their brains, allowing them to retain verbal skills after damage to one side or the other.

In most people, language is generated on the left side of the brain — the half associated with logic, motor functions and math.

Left-handed people tend to have more coordination between left brain-right brain language regions, a new study reports.

Major companies and even U.S. state workforce boards are implementing English language training as a benefit for workers, ...

This article examines the influence of language ideology on interactions between English-speaking Anglo and monolingual Spanish-speaking employees in an Anglo-owned Mexican restaurant in Texas. In ...

Similar developments may be traced today in the use of English around the globe, especially in countries where it functions as a second language.