As far back as George Bernard Shaw’s fictional professor Henry Higgins, language experts have argued that low-income students who learn to switch from speaking a dialect to using standard English have ...

Today’s guest blog is written by Dr. Ivannia Soto, Associate Professor of Education at Whittier College. Our job is to teach the students we have. Not the ones we would like to have. Not the ones we ...

I remember the first time I encountered academic language. During my freshman year, I was so excited to dive in and learn more about my class subjects, but I left the readings completely discouraged.

Integrated Skills courses are designed to help lower-level students with all of the language and skills needed to learn and use English, with a special focus on oral communication. Students will ...