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Special section. The assessment of language skills has become an increasingly important part of immigration and citizenship processes around the world. In this special section, supported by
Cambridge Esol, we explore some of the challenges that testing raises for policy makers, testers and migrants.
Special section. Can students learn foreign languages and curriculum subjects at the same time and still make progress in both? Find out from teachers what they are achieving with Content and Language Integrated Learning
Learning English: People from Sri Lanka's divided communities are being brought together to learn the skills and language of conflict resolution
Learning English: Who, where, and why do you teach English? These are the questions we want you to share with us
Learning English: Time to learn is running out for university students which is why one teacher is making an early start with them in northern France
Learning English: Now is the time to plan ahead because the summer holidays can be a time for teachers to brush up on their skills and give their English a boost
Learning English: diverse research into how the brain works reveals the positive effect of language learning on our cognitive development
Learning English: From government leaders to the poorest in society Indian are gripped with an English language learning fervour, but is the language the key to sucess?
Learning English: language teaching and translation services are the fastest growing sector in Europe and worth $12bn in 2008
Learning English: Chris Tribble searches the words of the Guardian Weekly to find which words cropped up the most in 2009 and what distinguished 2009 from previous years
Learning English: International charities are warning that global efforts to raise education outcomes are being held back by the widespread denial of schooling in children’s first languages
Learning English: An international panel of experts demands that children be given the right to education in their first language