Non-English primary language may raise risk of delirium after surgery, study finds

Older patients who primarily speak a language other than English may face a greater risk of developing delirium after surgery ...
CNN

Poll: Should English be the preferred language spoken in Puerto Rico?

In the days leading up to the Puerto Rican Republican primary, English language comments by Rick Santorum created controversy and may be the reason for losing all 20 delegates to Mitt Romney. In an ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

Over ten percent of the student population in the United States is comprised of English Language Learners. Given that reality, the role of a student’s home language merits discussion. Use of students’ ...
Business Wire

New Study: Removing Patient-Physician Language Barriers Is Associated With Greater Primary Care Utilization, Fewer ER Visits

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--How important is it for doctors to speak the same language as their patients? A new study shows that when doctors speak the same language as their patients, ...
Backstage

The Primary English Class

Upon entering her classroom on her first day, a terribly under-qualified English language teacher exclaims with glee: "This is going to be total immersion!" One is made to hope that in the course of ...
Daily Mail

Revealed: The 2,000 schools where more than HALF of pupils don't speak English as their first language... so is YOUR child's one of them?

English is no longer the first language for the majority of pupils at more than 2,000 schools, MailOnline can today reveal. No children at two primary schools – one in Tower Hamlets and another in ...
CBS News

Trump praises Liberia's president on his mastery of English — his native tongue and the African nation's official language

Washington — President Trump complimented the president of Liberia during a White House meeting on Wednesday on his English-speaking skills, despite English being the official language of the West ...