Upon entering her classroom on her first day, a terribly under-qualified English language teacher exclaims with glee: "This is going to be total immersion!" One is made to hope that in the course ...

Primary school-level English education is about to change. With the new Guidelines for the Course of Study coming into effect in 2011, English will be taught to all fifth and sixth graders.

NCDC says children understand concepts faster when taught in their mother tongue before transitioning to English ...

Grade Expectations is a weekly feature on education in Singapore. Oftentimes, students will write a purely functional composition explaining what happened in the plot, but omit details that would have ...

The Ministry of Education and Training organised a conference on January 22 to discuss a new initiative to improve the quality of primary English education.

The French government wants to introduce more English lessons in primary schools to boost foreign-language teaching across France and improve the nation's poor language skills.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The majority of primary schools in England will have their pandemic catch-up funding more than absorbed by ...