The government’s new curriculum guidelines for English-language lessons at junior high schools have been criticized as so difficult that students are growing to detest the subject. At public schools, ...

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YOUR HOST in Osaka, Japan, slips on a pair of headphones and suddenly hears your words transformed into flawless Kansai Japanese. Even better, their reply in their native tongue comes through ...

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.

At a moment when there are numerous calls for education recovery and transformation, this year’s theme of International Mother Language Day is especially timely: ‘Multilingual education is a pillar of ...

As language teachers, we have the potential to profoundly impact students’ worldviews, values and behaviours. Our teaching can foster critical thinking and improve language proficiency through ...

Language education in Australian schools is in a state of dismay. In 2021, only 8.6 per cent of Year 12 students were enrolled in a language — a historical low. In fact, between 2010 and 2021 the ...

At 5:00 pm, schoolchildren can be seen streaming into a company dormitory belonging to NGK Insulators, a leading ceramics maker in the city of Komaki, Aichi Prefecture. The children, mostly of ...