Brian Glover, 63, the robust English character actor who liked to joke about his hefty size, died yesterday of complications from a brain tumor, his agent Bruna Zanelli said. Mr. Glover began his ...

A study examining parents' vocabulary and grammar as an influence on children's acquisition of English, finds that the quality of child-directed speech depends on the speaker's language proficiency.

For the third year, Hynes Elementary School in Morton Grove invited families from its robust English Language Learner program to share dinner, information and conversation. “ELL Family Night” at the ...

Lorain Bilingual Academy believes in the importance of literacy. Biweekly, fourth-grade teacher Jennifer Gassman brings her class to the Lorain Public Library System Main Branch, 351 W. Sixth St., ...

The assault on funding and faculty hiring in Purdue University’s English department needs to stop. Now more than ever, a strong grounding in writing and speaking skills, in storytelling and poetry, in ...