TEACHING ENGLISH as a first language is not easy—many youngsters leave school feeling they never quite mastered its finer points. Recently some commentators have been wondering whether the standard ...

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood said migrants must have English to A-level standard to work in the UK. (Getty Images) Migrants will need English to A-level standard to work in the UK from the beginning ...

Some migrants coming to the UK will need to speak English to an A-level standard under tougher new rules set to be introduced by the government. The changes, which will come into force from 8 January ...

Migrants wanting to get a British visa will have to pass A-Level-standard English tests, ministers revealed today. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said it was 'unacceptable' for arrivals to be 'unable ...

I am in the middle of writing a book on pronouns in English. My focus this time out is on standard English rather than nonstandard English, since one of my recent books was about Black English.

In March, at the annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, one panel presentation was of particular interest: It concerned requirements in first-year college composition classes and ...

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in the UK, under plans announced by the new home secretary. Shabana Mahmood has announced plans to raise the standard of English required from the ...