When reading a passage, readers may pause at a particular word or return to reread it. Studies using eye-tracking, which ...

This recent meta-analysis examined 59 studies of spelling interventions for students who had, or were at risk for, learning ...

In a world of dwindling reviews, the author Lydia Davis’s new work charts a more serendipitous path to reading.

Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah and Siri Carr met while tutoring middle school students in English as part of AmeriCorps.

California schools will begin screening kindergartners and first- and second- graders for dyslexia to combat the state's low ...

Part of what makes the Wellspring Literary Series special is the rare combination of poetry, music, food, and visual art.

This mismatch between what I knew in print and how I said it out loud wasn’t embarrassing to me. It just showed that I was learning, absorbing information and using ...

The word "caprice" originates from the late 17th century, via French, from the Italian capriccio, which originally described ...

The word "bate" has multiple, unrelated origins. One is a 14th-century shortening of abate from Old French and Latin, meaning ...

Several words also overlapped in a couple of states, including Charybdis, a term inspired by Greek mythology that’s tricky ...

"Yass" means "yes" and expresses excitement or agreement; on X, it is celebratory slang. Despite its fame on the internet, ...