An earlier study had raised doubts about the effectiveness of learning English in the first grade. Now, researchers have observed that it improves language performance over an extended period of time.

Seven years later, children who start learning English in the first grade achieve poorer results in this subject than children whose first English lesson isn’t until the third grade. The researchers ...

As a parent, I've invested in both school and private English lessons for my children. But their English skills remain below my expectations, and their performance in other subjects, like math, is ...

Joan Kang Shin is a co-author and series editor for Welcome to Our World published by National Geographic Learning. Children love to sing songs. Think about the time when you were a child. What was ...