Not speaking English is a figurative wall that obstructs millions of immigrants in California from taking full advantage of the opportunities in their new home. Although there are plenty of places ...
Kristy Ambrose has been writing professionally since 2010. She dabbles in various genres, but her favorites are fantasy and science fiction. She creates everything from fanfiction to serialized novels ...
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. They speak Farsi, Cantonese, Spanish and at least two dozen other languages. Some earned master's degrees in their ...
About a quarter of Latino immigrants say they speak English very well but nearly 90 percent of their U.S.-born children do, according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center.
The school’s English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program — a term that describes courses for non-native English speakers to develop better English language competency — will focus on ...
A provision of the proposed immigration legislation would require immigrants to prove they're learning English before they can become permanent residents. Ray Suarez gets debate on the issue from ...
While states with some of the largest English-learner populations, such as California and Texas, use their own exams, most states rely on the WIDA ACCESS test to fulfill federal requirements for ...
Thousands of Chinese study etiquette and 'Olympic English' to welcome tourists. BEIJING, Aug. 10, 2008— -- Zhi Lijiang is one of hundreds of thousands of Chinese volunteers making sure the ...