Students can hone social-emotional skills like social awareness, self-reflection, problem-solving, critical thinking, and ...

SEOUL—South Korea’s infamously difficult college-entrance exam can open the door to a promising future—but just 3% of students who took it recently landed a top-tier score for English, half of last ...

Abstract: In the developmental psycholinguistic literature, it is common to distinguish verbs that are semantically light from those that are not. One important reason is that the light verbs (take, ...

There are a few basic rules regarding the use of infinitives and gerunds. Infinitives and gerunds are noun forms. If used before the main verb, they are the subject of the verb; after the main verb, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

We are an interdisciplinary school, forming a community that truly brings together and sits at the interface of literature, language and linguistics. A new study led by Professor Joanna Gavins and ...

After our wedding, we splashed out on a safari in South Africa for our honeymoon. pay (someone) back return money that you borrowed from someone My dream is to pay my parents back for all the money ...

It was announced this week that some migrants coming to the UK in 2026 will need to demonstrate they can speak English to an A-Level standard before they are granted their visas, under tougher new ...

My sister and I really get on. We have a lot of fun together! Arturo gets on with his colleagues. They have similar personalities. I was thrilled to hear from my long-lost friend after years of being ...

Active to Passive Voice Rules & Examples: Understanding active and passive voice is a key step in mastering English grammar, especially for students aiming to improve their writing and communication ...

Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it “Do not use semicolons,” wrote Kurt Vonnegut, who averaged fewer than 30 a novel ...