Young English learners face a two-fold challenge in learning to read. They need to learn how to map spoken sounds to written letters, the phonics skills that allow them to decode words on the page, ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Reading comprehension is a complex endeavor. It’s heavily dependent on learning new ...

Below are some suggestions about how you might begin to prepare for your English Language and Linguistics degree. We don’t expect you to attempt to do even half of everything listed here: take time to ...