Seven educators and one former student on how learning another language can change lives Bilingual education for me has been a validation of my language, culture and identity that I did not receive as ...

In today’s world, multilingual contexts are the norm rather than the exception. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Atlas of Languages reveals that ...

Only 10% of people in the U.S. speak a foreign language proficiently. In comparison, in Europe, 65% of people can speak a second language other than their native tongue. Although the difference is ...

As a UD world language education major, you'll learn the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the needs of our changing and global world — and prepare others to do the same. Upon graduation, you'll ...

Of the original 250-plus languages and over 750 dialects spoken by First Nations peoples before 1788, only 12 are being learned by children today. However, widely spoken contact languages – creoles ...

Recent years have seen a revitalized interest in the role and status of language in our increasingly interconnected world. Language is a force that binds people together and enables cooperation from ...

Boston College’s TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate program is designed to prepare future English language educators with the essential skills, knowledge, and ...