Suppose you decided to start learning a new language—let’s say Italian. In the beginning stages of your language-learning journey, the Italian speech you’ll hear will likely sound like a stream of ...

Thanks to the rise of language learning apps, such as Duolingo, the number of people learning a second – or third – language ...

One of the challenges for teachers of foreign languages is preparing students for exams which focus on grammar. Many teachers ...

I wouldn't exactly say the French has been going well. A few decades after I left behind my high school language requirement (and the middling grades that accompanied it), I decided recently it was ...

In our diverse and interconnected world, learning foreign languages is not only a powerful skill, but also essential for cross-cultural communication. But as translation and interpretation tools ...

A number of organizations support language learning, including Chinese early language and immersion education. While each one has its distinct mission, they offer a wide range of activities such as ...

March 18, 2014 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Besides the personal satisfaction of learning a new language, becoming fluent in a language could boost your ...

There is little evidence that many students achieve much fluency in high school." Jay Mathews Washington Post As a freshman in high school I took French I and after earning a 75, I trudged on to ...

Florence Myles received funding from the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Funding Council) for the study 'Learning French from ages 5, 7 and 11: an investigation into starting ages, rates and routes ...

When twins Ryan and Michael D’Introno entered kindergarten two years ago, they often came home from school singing songs in Spanish, part of a language immersion program their school in Bedford Hills, ...

A 17-year-old boy in the Netherlands temporarily lost the ability to speak his native Dutch after waking from knee surgery, ...