Population, Overpopulation, Underpopulation Imagine you want to talk about the people in your country or in the world. In other words, you want to talk about a population. How might you do so? In today's Everyday Grammar, we will explore the noun pop...
Language and Mental Health In recent years, more and more people have been talking about mental health. The pandemic made many people feel isolated or alone. The isolation caused some people to struggle more with their mental health. Different countr...
Personification, Adjectives in 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' Many Americans have returned to work or school as the holiday season comes to an end. Some traveled far to be with loved ones for Christmas and New Year's Day. Last month, we looked at the...
The Grammar of Share: Social, Economic Uses Consider a time when you heard or read news about business, investments, or politics. Now consider a happy time when you gathered with friends or family. You ate food, had something to drink, and perhaps sm...
Germany Aims to Increase Educational Choices for Its Youth Many European countries have programs that help place students in careers at a young age. In Germany, some students move into education programs at the age of 10. The goal is to prepare them...
Australia Tightens Visa Rule for Foreign Students Australia will soon begin enforcing stricter visa rules for foreign students. The move comes as official data showed migration hit another record high. The new rules took effect on March 23. The rules...
Researchers: Books about Difficult, Adult Subjects Make Kids Better Readers A nonprofit group has identified more than 1,500 books that local schools in America have banned from their libraries and classrooms in 2022-2023. The free-speech activism gr...
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English Today's English students have a lot of exposure to the language outside of the classroom. By using the internet, social media, and other digital technologies, they can watch videos, hear music, and play v...
Are Student-athletes Considered College Employees? The Dartmouth College men's basketball team voted to join a labor organization, called a union, this week. The move means that the student-athletes on the team could have the right to negotiate a wor...
US Educators Increasingly Urge Total Phone Bans in Schools American educators and lawmakers are calling for complete bans on smartphone use by students in schools. Most U.S. schools already have rules restricting phone use in class. But administrator...