The fear of speaking a foreign language is often talked about, but what about something that is just as important during a conversation – listening? Not being able to understand what the other person ...

The winners of the China Daily "21st Century Cup" National English Speaking Competition (from left) are Zhang Huanbin in the kindergarten category; Wang Siqi in the junior high school category; Fan ...

The fear of making mistakes can come from the fear of judgement. Often we're worried mistakes will make us sound foolish or less intelligent in front of others. Personality traits such as ...

Abstract: Most non-native English speakers can listen to and read English well. However, many of them cannot speak English well. This paper aims to implement an artificial intelligence ...

Lucy Lu is the Senior Manager, Analytics and Strategic Projects in the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO). AERO is jointly funded by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments.

The cognitive flexibility that comes from being multilingual can give students a boost in math—if teachers know how to build on English learners’ strengths. Seventy-seven percent of 8th-grade ...

Chenkai Chi receives funding from SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship and Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Mehdia Hassan receives funding from the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Pauline Sameshima has received ...

Boost your English fluency with this engaging conversation practice! In this video, Marina, an English learner, speaks with her teacher, Mrs. Brown, about overcoming language learning challenges.

Abstract: The comprehension of English speaking skills is one of the major activities of language acquisition as it gives feedback to learners. Some of the disadvantages of conventional assessment ...