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In this classroom, only English is spoken. The teacher, Marjan (Marjan Neshat), enforces this rule harshly — if you speak any other language, you get a tally mark. At five tallies, you are asked to ...

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The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and ...

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, set in an E.S.L. classroom in Iran, examines the internal displacements of learning a ...

With TikTok's days in the U.S. likely numbered, many American users are moving to another Chinese social media app: RedNote, a heavily censored platform similar to Instagram. Here's what to know.

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Does this annoying American rant sound familiar ... The true test of an expatriate is holding down a job, learning a language, paying taxes, passing a local driving test, negotiating the ...