The new rules stipulate that migrants will be required to take a Secure English Language Test (SELT), administered by a Home Office-approved provider. (Bloomberg) Migrants to the UK will be required ...

If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

You don’t need to be a multilingual expert to have heard “nǐ hǎo” and "sayōnara" before. These sayings have become widely ...

Indian students aiming to study in the UK must prove English proficiency through tests like IELTS, PTE, or TOEFL. IELTS is ...

What began with the worldwide success of K-pop and TV dramas has evolved into something broader: Korean is now among the most widely studied languages around the world. More than half a million people ...

Think you’ve got a sharp language IQ? It’s time to prove it. This 27-question quiz will put your knowledge of word roots and etymology to the ultimate test.You’ll explore how languages like Latin, ...

Language-learning app Duolingo has cast Duo — its adorable and plucky owl mascot — as the star of the company’s first-ever anime series, “最後の決戦 (The Final Test).” The company produced the five-episode ...

There are brewing legal fights against the Trump administration for language it's posting on federal websites and in government emails blaming the Democrats for the government shutdown. The ...

Migrants to the UK will now face tougher English language requirements under a new law tabled in Parliament on October 14, as the government pushes ahead with its plan to replace what it called ...

Migrant workers will be required to pass tough new English language tests under new immigration legislation introduced in parliament yesterday (14 October). Foreign workers applying for certain visas ...

Vows of silence and humanist beliefs led European clerics to create new communication methods for the deaf 500 years ago. Charles-Michel de L'Épée teaching the hearing impaired in his Paris institute.

Why do children from lower-income families tend to lag behind students from wealthier homes on standardized test scores and other traditional measures of academic success? On Apr 17, 2015 researchers ...