Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. And it becomes even more challenging for ESL learners.

In a recent opinion essay, I defended the primacy of traditional literacy skills against the National Council of Teachers of English ’s mystifying call to “decenter” them. In this essay, I will ...

It’s okay to lubricate the flow of consciousness once you’re writing in your journal; however, if you want to talk to others, you’ll have to sort out those depressing thoughts. Here are some tips ...

Exam Success: Improve your essay writing skills for exam success. Learn to structure answers, expand vocabulary, and manage ...

Looking for simple ways to improve your English skills every day? Try reading newspapers. It may seem like a traditional way of learning, but it still works. It is one of the best ways to improve your ...

Claudia Alant, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student from Niskayuna, N.Y., has worked for the Writing Commons for five semesters. Since she was in high school, Alant has participated in ...

If you are a grammar warrior who flinches whenever you see the word 'your' misused across your social feeds and know when to use the words 'there,' their,' and 'they're,' you will want to tell all of ...

Hope Albert had a bad habit of using run-on sentences in the papers she turned in for her college courses. But that problem, and others that hampered the Washington Township senior’s written ...

A student writing in a notebook. With a new artificial intelligence program being developed by University of Kansas researchers, teachers will be able to help students with disabilities improve their ...