Dariia Misko sounded remarkably calm as she described her life in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she frequently hears what sounds like popcorn popping in the distance. The sound is attacks by military drones ...

"Speaking a second language is an asset," writes one observer. Another: "Authentic language learning comes only when there is ...

But the experience wasn’t a total loss. Moving his family from Siberia to the U.S. meant putting his daughters, used to speaking Russian at home, into English-speaking schools. His eldest daughter ...