OSAKA—A university startup company is uploading free, short English-learning videos daily, hoping to help locals communicate more easily with the many foreign visitors here for the Osaka Kansai Expo ...

To have a meaningful conversation, it's good to think about how we are conveying the message along with what words we are using to express ourselves. It’s important to use the right body language and ...

English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and is frequently used as a teaching language in classrooms. Children in the classroom benefit from having strong English communication ...

When you’d like to end a conversation, what can you say without sounding rude? In this lesson, we look at the different ways to end a conversation between two or more people. A: It was lovely meeting ...

In Japan, eikaiwa, or English conversation schools, are different from regular schools. Teaching here is not the same as being an ALT (assistant language teacher) at a public school or a university.

High school student Miyuka Kanda uses a PC to interact in English with the AI character seen on the screen at top left, at Narita Kokusai High School in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 4, 2023.

KYOTANGO, Kyoto -- Junior high schools in this western Japan city will introduce generative AI for second- and third-year students to practice English conversation starting in October, the municipal ...

Here, a racial-equity activist and etiquette expert share why so-called impolite conversation topics are the exact ones we need to focus on right now. You know that old rule of thumb that says ...