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  • Maggie Ross

    Maggie Ross obituary

    Other lives: Early years teacher and nursery manager who brought practical compassion in supporting the families of young children
  • Simon Greenall produced English language books for a world market and also developed specific learning materials for Palestine and China

    Simon Greenall obituary

    Other lives: Internationally recognised teacher of English as a foreign language
  • Male teacher assisting primary school children in classroom during a writing lesson

    How handwriting is helping EAL pupils to leap the language barrier

    To help develop fluency, teachers are encouraging students with English as an additional language to put pen to paper
  • Students in an English for speakers of other languages class

    People in the UK should learn English. But without free classes, they can’t

    Amina Lone
  • Louise Casey

    UK's ex-integration tsar says £50m pledge not enough to 'heal nation'

  • Children reading Spanish and French dictionaries

    The article that changed my view … of how bilingualism can improve society

    Guardian supporter Emilio Battaglia explains how an opinion piece by Tobias Jones clarified his view of bilingualism’s power to build bridges
  • Tobias Jones

    The joys and benefits of bilingualism

    Tobias Jones
    More than half the world’s population is now bilingual. Now thought to encourage flexibility of mind and empathy, bilingualism is also transforming societies
  • Esperanto may have been the brainchild of a Polish doctor in the 19th century, but it has adapted for the 21st.

    ‘Saluton!’: the surprise return of Esperanto

    Long seen as a hobby for idealistic eccentrics, the constructed language has had a resurgence ​in the age of Brexit and Trump. And it’s all centred on a small village near Stoke on Trent
  • young woman studying and working

    The dos and don'ts of writing a personal statement for languages

    Tips for convincing university admission tutors you deserve a place on their course
  • ‘Last week it took me two and a half hours to write an email.’

    Will learning a language abroad for a year make you fluent?

    You’ll need to immerse yourself in the culture to learn a new language quickly. Here’s how
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