At many colleges, professors trained in the discipline of rhetoric and composition are finding that the specialized knowledge they bring to teaching writing is held in thrall to older notions of how ...

Shop owners follow a teacher's instructions during an English-language morning practice session at Yiwu International Trade City, Zhejiang province. SHI KUANBING/FOR CHINA DAILY BEIJING: Once boasting ...

Monolingual English speakers in Australia are losing the advantage their own language has given them in the past, says a report by the powerful Group of Eight research-intensive universities. The ...

Extended "discourse," such as class presentations or essays written as school assignments, has a particular structure arising from particular expectations and standards. Such structure, expectations, ...

In today’s times, it has become mandatory for everyone to know Basic English in order to stay ahead in the competition. Whether you are preparing for competitive exams or studying in school or working ...

With China’s growing economic might, is Mandarin becoming the preferred language of business? Not anytime soon, says a newly released study. Instead, English will maintain and grow its dominance, ...

Be it an interview, a meeting or a normal conversation, you are first judged on the basis of your conversational skills and spoken English forms a major part of it. If you feel shy to join any English ...