If you’re traveling soon to a place where you don’t know the language well (or at all), then you’ll want to download a language learning app to your smartphone before you embark on your journey. These ...

FITCHBURG — Finnish is often regarded as one of the most difficult languages to learn, those looking to learn it will now have an opportunity in a fun, encouraging setting. This fall, the Finnish ...

While most Finns are willing to help immigrants learn Finnish or Swedish, the study shows that over 90 percent expect newcomers to learn one of the country’s national languages. Finnish people show ...

A new study has focused on language acquisition in the brain. Even short repetitive exposure to novel words induced a rapid neural response increase that is suggested to manifest memory-trace ...

This makes learning Finnish already considerably less of a challenge for an Estonian than for most others (and vice versa). The two languages share many cognates, though pitfalls also include the ...

Legislative changes that entered into force last fall and no longer allow schools to teach Russian as the first foreign language, with schools obligated to offer at least two options for the second ...

Americans have a reputation for being culturally insular, but based on 2018 data from the US Census Bureau, over 67 million people in the United States speak a language other than English at home. If ...

English Language Instructor, University of Cyprus, and PhD Graduate, Charles Sturt University Traditional approaches to adult language teaching often use resources such as textbooks and generic ...

When it comes to learning a language, the left side of the brain has traditionally been considered the hub of language processing. But new research shows the right brain plays a critical early role in ...