The English Department requires graduate students to demonstrate foreign language proficiency as part of the degree requirements for each program. This may be satisfied by successfully passing a ...

International scholars who are applying for J-1 Exchange Visitor visas must comply with the U.S. State Department requirements to demonstrate English language proficiency that is sufficient: (1) to ...

France has raised French language proficiency requirements and introduced a mandatory civic exam for certain long-term ...

When students apply to Yale College from abroad, they go through essentially the same process as domestic applicants. But for international applicants who are not native English speakers, Yale ...

In the safety-critical field of aviation, miscommunication and/or misunderstanding can lead to a runway incident or accident, or worse, a midair collision. [Credit: Shutterstock] Language and ...

The Language Proficiency Center provides free language support through one-on-one and small group tutoring sessions for undergraduate students, as well as drop-in Conversation Tables open to the ...

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Over 450,000 Massachusetts residents have limited English-language proficiency, a new report finds. The Boston Herald reported that the situation represents "another challenge for an economy that ...

What is proficiency? Why does it matter? How can we assess it? How does it differ from other kinds of assessment? And what does proficiency assessment tell us that helps to improve learning? David ...

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order giving the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 60 days to return English language proficiency to its status as an out-of-service ...

Salvador Ordorica is the CEO of The Spanish Group LLC, a first-class international translation service that translates over 90 languages. As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, being able ...