It’s axiomatic among teachers of foreign languages that total immersion is best. For generations, classrooms around the world have temporarily banned the native tongue of students in favor of an ...

Expressing ourselves in our own language gives us confidence, expressive resources, cultural references, and an emotional connection—which are diminished when we switch to another language. As ...

Salvador Ordorica is the CEO of The Spanish Group LLC, a first-class international translation service that translates over 90 languages. As the CEO of an emerging powerhouse in the international ...

Large majorities in the 21 countries where we fielded this question say being able to speak their country’s most common language is important to national identity. And majorities in more than ...