English — with its hybrid history, its “sun never sets” empire, its American melting pot — just happens to be particularly ...

When Victor Yang shared with his mother a word he had read from a book — “flabbergasted” — she burst out laughing at the sound of it. Its pronunciation amused both mother and son. He was in third ...

OXON HILL, Md. — As the final pre-competition meeting of the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s word selection panel stretches into its seventh hour, the pronouncers no longer seem to care. Before ...

Some of the brightest young minds just finished showcasing their knowledge of the English language. While most might never reach their level of expertise, we wanted to know: Why do we struggle to ...

Brian Liu's mother told him to eat a big dinner Friday, to give him energy. The 11-year-old had spent hours, night after night, studying thousands of words that might come up in Long Island's big ...

Students build long-term retention of words by mixing up the practice for long-term effects. Rather than sort words all week, interleaved practice might include using a Look-Say-See-Write-Check study ...