Languages

Children of immigrants often face heritage language loss. St. Louis parents and community members are taking practical steps to maintain linguistic and cultural connection across generations.

St. Louisans don’t say things “the wrong way." We say it the St. Louis way. Here’s a guide on how to sound like a native.

A medida que las escuelas buscan soluciones creativas para ayudar a los estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés, un distrito local está explorando un método de enseñanza que es popular en otras partes del país, pero que ha tardado en llegar a St. Louis.

It’s an all-too-familiar battle for some parents — getting their kids to stop playing video games and do their homework.But in one classroom at St. Louis…

St. Louisans can now take classes to learn a nearly dead dialect of French once spoken throughout eastern Missouri.Paw Paw French, also known as Illinois…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon - Whether you “warsh” or wash, drink “sodie” or soda, or take highway “farty” or forty, every St.…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 6, 2013 - One goal for all is not likely to be an equitable system. We should push back against…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 13, 2009 - One of the highest scoring public schools in Missouri is Academie Lafayette, a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 16, 2009 - The recent gaffe of Peter Alexander, a reporter for MSNBC, spurred me to address the…