When it comes to English lessons, students taking initiative, making studying choices, and monitoring their own progress means that they are independent learners. The importance of self-directed ...

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 ...

“Do you know what a frog is?” Kimi Pu, 9, asks her dad with a grin, pointing at a fork. “Frog?” he repeats, sheepish but smiling. “Frog’ is an animal—this is a fork.” “Fork! Sorry!” he says. “Great ...

The government’s new curriculum guidelines for English-language lessons at junior high schools have been criticized as so difficult that students are growing to detest the subject. At public schools, ...