ELSA, the English-language learning app known for its speech recognition technology, is launching a new product called Speech Analyzer. The assessment platform plugs into communication tools like Zoom ...

If you’re learning a new language in 2026, you’ll need more than a handful of Duolingo lessons to reach fluency. Folks in Whatcom County can hone their skills in real time at the Bellingham Spanish ...

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Not speaking English is a figurative wall that obstructs millions of immigrants in California from taking full advantage of the opportunities in their new home. Although there are plenty of places ...

Growing up in Palisades Park, Michiyo Kawasaki watched her father, Osamu, who immigrated to America from Japan in his 20s, struggle to communicate. He knew only a few words of English when he arrived ...

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Of the professions in danger of being replaced by AI, language teacher is certainly up there. That’s not necessarily because it’s a good idea. AI, some employers have decided — including Duolingo, ...

Once a week, in the crowded Zoom rooms of Ladies Let’s Talk, an Austin-based nonprofit, female refugees and immigrants living across the U.S. meet to practice English and build community. Here, ...

In 2010, one of the students at the English language program where I volunteered asked me to dance. We've been together for 14 years, and having open conversations is a big part of our relationship.

Laela Adamson has received funding from the Education Development Trust (Tim Morris Award) and the UKRI Economic and Social Research Council, grant number: ES/W005484/1. In many postcolonial contexts, ...