Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Geneva Smitherman ended up in speech therapy in her freshman year at Wayne State University in the 1950s, when she failed a test ...

Oxford University Press and Harvard University are collaborating to create the Oxford Dictionary of African American English (ODAAE). Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Director of Harvard University’s Hutchins ...

One of the toughest transitions Kyla Jenée Lacey endured in her life was when her family moved from diverse Chicago to Winter Springs, Fla., a predominantly White city about 30 minutes north of ...

In this article, we will take a look at the top 12 English speaking countries in Africa. English is becoming the most spoken language globally, and it seems like everyone is learning it nowadays.

Another resource for Black linguistics is on the way. In the next few years, we will have the Oxford Dictionary of African American English. According to The New York Times, this new dictionary is a ...

Being a native English speaker is one of the major, often overlooked, advantages of contemporary working life. For a number of professions, technical expertise isn’t enough unless it’s accompanied by ...

Oxford University Press has announced it will produce a new dictionary of “African American English,” which will include slang ranging from “hip” to “diss.” Black Harvard literary critic Henry Louis ...

Geneva Smitherman ended up in speech therapy in her freshman year at Wayne State University in the 1950s, when she failed a test to screen incoming teaching students for possible speech problems. The ...

In this article, we will take a look at the top 15 English speaking countries in Africa. If you would like to skip our discussion on English proficiency in Africa, you can go to the Top 5 English ...