How difficult can it be, I answer, when of the more than 1 billion speakers of English around the globe, only 378 million speak English as a first language while 793 million are non-native speakers.

According to the language-education company Berlitz, English is the most spoken language in the world, with 1.13 billion speakers; 379 million people are native English speakers.

THE DIFFICULTY in learning a foreign language lies not only in its inherent complexity. Languages are complex in different ways (though all are learnable by infants). The main reason a language is ...

LANGUAGEIn today’s world, English has become one of the most important languages. Wherever you go, whether it is in your own country or abroad, in schools, offices, airports, hotels ...

Learning two languages sounds like a huge challenge to take on, but instead of focusing on its difficulty or how long it takes, it helps to think about how it opens doors to new worlds.

These four evidence-based suggestions can help educators offset learning loss for young English learners, write Leslie M. Babinski, Steven J. Amendum, Steven E. Knotek, and Marta Sánchez.

Desperation crept into Sylvia’s voice as she rattled off all the ways her life would become more difficult if a free learning ...

Nathan Brooks, a 30-year-old Briton, was intrigued by Vietnam’s high school graduation English exam after hearing friends discuss its difficulty. When he tried it himself, he was stunned by its ...

Cognition Why English Is Such a Difficult Language to Learn Reasons that second language learners find English tough to master. Posted February 5, 2017 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader ...