The New York Times asked taxi drivers of various nationalities their views about New York City's recent decision to stop requiring an English proficiency exam to obtain a taxi driver's license.

English has been a "fixture" of the curriculum at primary and secondary schools for many years. Students have to learn English as a mandatory subject to graduate and nobody has challenged the policy ...

“I’m in a real hurry, it’s an emergency. You need to get me to the hospital as fast as you can.” If you’re a taxi driver and can’t understand this basic English instruction, Brampton Councillor Gael ...

I refer to Mr Paul Chan’s letter, “Let’s master English, while preserving mother tongues” (July 26), a response to my commentary, “Can English be a Singaporean mother tongue?” (July 15). It is quite ...

Editor's note: Liu Weichao, a deputy to the NPC and principal of Changsha Yali Middle School, proposed that English classes be cut from the curriculum in the primary and middle school. Xu Jin, a ...

Hispanics by a large margin believe that immigrants have to speak English to be a part of American society and even more so that English should be taught to the children of immigrants, according to ...

English is the most widely spoken language in the world, and the vast majority of English speakers learned the language in a classroom. Yet in conference rooms and language courses around the world, ...

As Indian higher education undergoes a transformation through the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, a critical academic question surfaces: Should English be taught as a common foundational course ...