From heritage languages to pronoun rights, language is deeply tied to identity, belonging, and respect. Whether it’s a Tamil learner reconnecting with roots or a teacher resisting state-imposed ...

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 ...

Your identity is tied up in how you speak and write more than you might think. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Memphis’s Roger Kreuz explains why. Your identity is tied up in how you ...

Jamila Lyiscott, founder and co-director of the Cyphers for Justice advocacy program, spoke about the power of language and its relationship to African American identity and power. Lyiscott, currently ...

Nora and Arthur from the Oscar-nominated movie "Past Lives" have a loving marriage and a fulfilling creative partnership. She's a playwright. He's an author. But they are so different in so many other ...

A new study suggests that the language a bilingual person speaks can affect their physical sensations, depending on the cultural association tied to each vernacular. We take for granted the fact that ...

Language is the foundation of life. All of our actions, perspectives and cultures stem from how we communicate with others. Our communities are tied to their methods of communication. But what happens ...

In an article for Encyclopaedia Britannica, Carlos D. Morrison defines code-switching as the “process of shifting from one linguistic code (a language or dialect) to another, depending on the social ...

Today’s post is the final one in a series where educators share potential challenges that might exist in teaching English Learners, and how to respond to them. Michelle Benegas, Ph.D., is an associate ...