College-level writing instructors across the country are inevitably grappling with the challenge to instruction presented by generative artificial intelligence and large-language models. While many ...

Ancient written languages emerged as a revolutionary development in human history, allowing civilizations to record important ...

In one sense, the national conversation about what it will take to make sure all children become strong readers has been wildly successful: States are passing legislation supporting evidence-based ...

In putting together this special report on how writing instruction can and should build on the science of reading, Education Week reporters read through dozens of studies and spoke to leading ...

The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...

An extension of Academic Language and Writing 1, focusing on further developing academic literacies and research skills for the production of written and oral assignments. The fourth number of the ...

University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Toronto provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Teachers have fewer opportunities to ...

At the beginning of his book, The Language Instinct, Stephen Pinker demonstrates the amazing power of language with an example. He writes, The [language] ability comes so naturally that we are apt to ...