A growing chorus of people are saying that some school districts are overzealous in categorizing students as English-language learners in the aim of complying with federal and state laws to ensure ...

For years I’ve thought that the federal government requires school districts to administer a home-language survey to parents when they enroll a child in school to determine whether a language other ...

To speak or not to speak? How important is one’s home language or mother tongue? These are questions that immigrant families ponder. While there is no clear answer to the questions, here are four ...

The home language advantage UNESCO and several other reputable bodies support the need for a wholesome and holistic development of the child focussing on social, emotional, cognitive and physical ...

THEmajority of South African children do not know how to read or write in theirmother tongue because of the influence of English and the choice to makeEnglish their first language. It doesn't help ...

Technology has a lot to teach kids, especially if it’s available in more than one language. Rich T Photo/Shutterstock Technology, like mobile apps and online learning platforms, is becoming an ...

It is common for Australian children to grow up with languages other than English in their family lives. More than one-fifth of Australians report speaking a language other than English at home. But ...

English is one of the key exam papers that matric learners write. Here's a collection of past English Home Language (HL) papers plus memos to help you prepare for the matric finals. We'd also like to ...