The phrase “linguistic justice” can take on several meanings, but at Pitt, it means meeting students where they’re at.

My empirical research on linguistic practice in India has been foundational to a series of articles coauthored with Mary Bucholtz that interrogate the relationship between language and identity. Our ...

A question we get often at Asia Society is whether a school should teach traditional or simplified characters in Mandarin classes. Similar questions might confront schools as they choose between ...

AI-fueled technologies make communicating in other languages easier than ever, but it still can’t replace the transformative ...

Amelia Tseng does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Author of electronic Yoruba Sound Book For Children, YORTONES, Dr. Taiye Ayoola-Adedeji, has expressed her readiness to empower and enlighten children in the diaspora and Nigeria about their rich ...

Adults learning another language often tend to continue using the intonation of their native language. This causes them to ...

"I decided to study abroad in Japan mainly to improve my Japanese language skills, so I chose a language intensive program and to live with a host family. I knew I was a quiet and shy person when it ...

When the federal government set up boarding schools in the 19th century to assimilate Native American children into American culture, one of the objectives was to get them to turn away from the use of ...

Every Thursday, I give God. I agonized over writing that sentence, the first in the college essay about studying Irish that I was convinced would determine my future. I was applying early decision to ...