Pupils with a foreign first language are at the top of the class in GCSE English and maths, data shows. Some 43.8 per cent of children who grew up using a foreign language achieved 'strong passes' in ...

Sixth-form students Neve and Erin teach languages to younger pupils. Sharing knowledge between schools is a "win-win situation" when it comes to learning a second language, according to a Ballyclare ...

When it comes to lessons in other tongues, Kevin Fitzgerald, the superintendent of the Caesar Rodney school district in northeastern Delaware, is never at a loss for words. He speaks with pride about ...

A 2023 YouGov poll found that only 21% of UK adults can hold a conversation in a language other than their mother tongue. About half of the other 79% regretted not engaging more with languages at ...

Pupils, staff and parents at Gladstone Primary Academy are celebrating after pupils took home first, second, third and fourth place at national languages competition, Primary Bee. Did you know with an ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Imagine trying to read and solve math problems in a school where you don’t speak the language of your teacher and classmates. That’s the challenge facing roughly 65,000 students in ...

THE future of Kyle Springate (18), a deaf matric pupil at Westville Boys’ High School, hangs in the balance while the Education Department challenges his application to have sign language recognised ...

The time pupils spend learning languages in Northern Ireland is "the shortest in Europe", according to a review of the school curriculum. The review was carried out by independent expert Lucy Crehan ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish government proposal to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has put Kurdish rights back in the spotlight, at a time when Kurdish leaders say repression is ...

President Catherine Connolly has attended her first public events since her inauguration, telling children at a Dublin gaelscoil that the Irish language is “a gift.” Ms Connolly visited Gaelscoil Inse ...

Teachers are facing 'derogatory sexualised' language and threats from out-of-control pupils in the classroom, a union conference has heard. There has been a 'deterioration' in pupil behaviour in ...

The meaning of a word is enough to trigger a reaction in our pupil: when we read or hear a word with a meaning associated with luminosity ("sun," "shine," etc.), our pupils contract as they would if ...