The English Department requires graduate students to demonstrate foreign language proficiency as part of the degree requirements for each program. This may be satisfied by successfully passing a ...

In the wake of a seismic shift in how the nation’s most-used English-proficiency test is scored, a growing number of states have lowered their criteria for students to exit English-learner support ...

International scholars who are applying for J-1 Exchange Visitor visas must comply with the U.S. State Department requirements to demonstrate English language proficiency that is sufficient: (1) to ...

When students apply to Yale College from abroad, they go through essentially the same process as domestic applicants. But for international applicants who are not native English speakers, Yale ...

In the safety-critical field of aviation, miscommunication and/or misunderstanding can lead to a runway incident or accident, or worse, a midair collision. [Credit: Shutterstock] Language and ...

The Army's principal regulation for the management of military and civilian linguists has been updated, to include several policy changes affecting foreign language proficiency pay. The change to the ...

A new study introduces a multilingualism calculator that quantifies how multilingual a person truly is, offering a clearer alternative to vague labels like “bilingual.” ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is intensifying enforcement of English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards, signaling major operational changes for the trucking industry. As ...

Salvador Ordorica is the CEO of The Spanish Group LLC, a first-class international translation service that translates over 90 languages. As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, being able ...

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order giving the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 60 days to return English language proficiency to its status as an out-of-service ...