The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...

Expressing ourselves in our own language gives us confidence, expressive resources, cultural references, and an emotional connection—which are diminished when we switch to another language. As ...

THE RISE OF ENGLISH Global Politics and the Power of Language By Rosemary Salomone “Every time the question of language surfaces,” the Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote, “in one way or ...

Idioms are an often invisible barrier to understanding and inclusion for second-language speakers because their meanings rely ...

As more states and districts are embracing the “science of reading,” some educators and advocates have raised the question: Will these methods work for English-language learners? The “science of ...

Emma Seddon receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. Britain is facing an uncertain future and an uneasy relationship with Europe after Brexit. Among other things, the country’s ...

LAST year, around New Year’s Day, I drew up a language and linguistics agenda for the Philippines for 2025. I thought of ...

In the safety-critical field of aviation, miscommunication and/or misunderstanding can lead to a runway incident or accident, or worse, a midair collision. [Credit: Shutterstock] Language and ...