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In some languages, spelling matches pronunciation, while in others (like English) this is far from true.
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There isn’t much lesson time for international languages.
The majority of children in the world are bilingual.
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If you’re lucky enough to be able to teach your child several languages, don’t hesitate!
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As your bond deepens and matures, your language skills should similarly progress.
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Machine translation can seem alarmingly good – but it’s still no substitute for human language knowledge.
The Welsh government has announced plans to make Wales a ‘nation of sanctuary’.
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The Welsh government has taken steps to ensure that the Welsh language plays a more prominent role in welcoming refugees and migrants.
Educational technology, while no silver bullet, can be a tool for learning.
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The language and speech technology has been developed to provide linguistic accuracy and is grounded in teaching principles.
Many second- and third-generation Latinos feel insecure about their Spanish-speaking abilities.
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Young Latinos in the US often navigate a contradictory landscape: Their parents see them as not Latino enough, while teachers and peers view them as not American enough.
Combining content learning and language skills is a boon for academic performance.
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There’s more to effective teaching than just implementing school policies.
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There is a history of languages being graded harshly.
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We acquire languages in a intuitive process that involves little effort; we learn them through the conscious assimilation of grammatical rules and usage.
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Try to figure out why learning a language is important to you.
A family of Syrian refugees arrive at their new home in Bloomfield, Mich., in 2015.
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The US is home to more international migrants than any other country. But even though immigration is an actively debated topic, immigrants are poorly understood.
Immigrants and teachers of English for speakers of other languages protest at Parliament Square in 2015.
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Although English to speakers of other languages (Esol) is treated like any other subject, it can offer far more to those learners.
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The number of students studying languages in UK universities has plummeted in recent years but some creative thinking may help to reverse that trend.
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A new, extensive database of language grammars from around the world indicates an alarming trend of global language loss.
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It depends on whether you are learning as a baby or not.
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Language-learning research in the Netherlands has determined that using a foreign language rather than just memorizing its grammar can transform how students progress.
Is living in a language-rich world enough to teach a child grammatical language?
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Linguists have long considered grammar to be the glue of language, and key to how children learn it. But new prose-writing AIs suggest language experience may be more important than grammar.
For all sleep-learning’s promises, memorising words while awake was still five times more efficient.
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Research shows sleep-learning can complement, but never replace, learning while awake.