All children are born with the same kind of brain wiring, so at the outset, we are all equally adept at learning any possible human language. For a newborn, any language is, in principle, as easy or ...

Paul Drexler '72 encourages students to learn foreign language — even in the age of Google Translate and lingua francas — ...

Learning a new language brings a whole range of interesting benefits, but how can they be applied to academic goals? The truth is there are plenty of ways that picking up a second language can help a ...

If there was one positive that followed us out of lockdowns, it was the return of the hobby. I, like many, dabbled in a few. First there were puzzles, which I gave up very quickly. Then website design ...

There are several reasons why you may want to embark on a journey to learn a new language. Maybe you have an international trip on the horizon. It could be because you have non-English speaking family ...

Parents coercing children to speak only English, despite good intentions, can harm their language development, emotional ...

The terminology used to classify students in need of specialized support to acquire the English language in public schools has shifted over time, gradually embracing more positive connotations of ...

Correction: The original video with this piece did not include captioning for some of the American Sign Language seen on screen. The video has been updated to include ...

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.