Sam Jaffe's article, "No Pardon for Poor English in Science" 1 should have stressed the reason that poor English in scientific papers is so counterproductive. Whether English is the scientists' second ...

When I (Nakamura) first arrived in the U.S. for a postdoctoral fellowship, the anxiety of speaking English struck the first moment I put my feet in the immigration hall at Miami International Airport.

Only about 7 percent of English language learners in the Boston Public Schools are enrolled in dual-language programs, a proven approach that provides some lessons in the student’s native language.

English is the international language of science, for better or for worse, but most of the world’s scientists speak it as a second language. We shoulder an extra career challenge: not only must we ...

English is no longer the first language for the majority of pupils in one in 15 councils. In 11 of England's 153 local educational authorities, children speak another language at home, such as Urdu, ...