English testing is at a crossroads. Every year, millions of international students bet their futures on English proficiency ...

The world of work is changing. In our Work in the Future series, we'll speak with experts to understand how work is changing. Phil The world of work is changing. More people are working from home, and ...

The British Council’s The Future of English: Global Perspectives explores the role of English in the world today and how that may change in the future. English is spoken by billions of people.

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In the futuristic sections of the novel "Cloud Atlas," by author David Mitchell, there are a few clues to tell readers that those parts aren't set in our own times. There are those perfectly human ...

With 20 years of experience in diplomacy, Suhat Sungchaya, former secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Protocol and now president of Language@Click education centre, is no ...

As languages acquire new speakers, spread to new geographic areas, and mingle with other languages, they change. But is that change happening as quickly as it once did? Top image: A 15th century ...

English has been the dominant global language for a century, but is it the language of the future? If Mandarin Chinese is to challenge English globally, then it first has to conquer its own backyard, ...

English language schools fear they will go bust following the Government’s visa crackdown. Monday’s immigration white paper called for a review of short-term student visas, a route allowing those 16 ...

Purdue University is forcing a graduate admissions moratorium on the English department for one year, and graduate cohort sizes face a significant reduction when admissions resume. The College of ...