Corrected: An earlier version of this story misstated Steve Graham’s affiliation. He is a professor at Arizona State University. If you want a hint of the gap between students’ writing skills and ...

The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...

Study the nature of human language. Focus your literature studies on a range of historical periods, individual authors, movements, themes and genres. And learn to write well in a variety of genres ...

Professional writing courses allow students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to join a community of professionals who are communication experts in a multitude of workplace settings: ...

In recent years machines have learned to generate passable snippets of English, thanks to advances in artificial intelligence. Now they are moving on to other languages. Aleph Alpha, a startup in ...

Not speaking English is a figurative wall that obstructs millions of immigrants in California from taking full advantage of the opportunities in their new home. Although there are plenty of places ...

RIT’s English BS pairs the study and making of new forms of literature and media with the digital tools you need to excel in today’s professional environments. Three Dynamic Track Options: Choose to ...

Seven years ago, I could neither read nor write in ‎English; my native language is Arabic. When I ‎arrived in the United States in May 2016 to pursue higher education, I needed a translator at the ...

Often when writing for an audience, we try to use complex words to sound smarter. This train of thought is misleading, though. Complex words and sentences only make our writing unreadable to our ...