Lots of people say they want to learn a language, but the task itself can be daunting if you don’t know where to start. I remember approaching college eager to learn Italian. Fortunately, Stanford ...

Last fall, lying on my lumpy living room couch in Brooklyn, I did a quick Google search regarding something I've long been interested in learning: "Croatian teachers near me." While very few in-person ...

In June, I’m excited to visit Germany, Austria, and Switzerland for the first time as a chaperone for my daughter’s class trip. This trip has been in the making for nearly two years, and to get ready, ...

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 ...

Art has a unique power in the ESL classroom–a magic that bridges cultures, ignites imagination, and breathes life into language. For English Language Learners (ELLs), it’s more than an expressive ...

WIRED tests the benefits and limitations of using generative AI, specifically ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, as a language tutor for travelers. When OpenAI launched ChatGPT late in 2022, it set off a ...

Fusing language and music together, BYU's College of Humanities’ language choir classes provide students a culturally immersive and creative approach to language-learning. “French choir is like a more ...

I’ve always wanted to be fluent in multiple languages, but at 28 years old with just English under my belt, I think I’m falling behind on my polyglot dream. It’s partly my fault — I studied French in ...

But an in-depth look at the science behind how language is developed reveals an interesting parallel between the science of reading and second language learning. In fact, the science of reading can ...

If you’ve always wanted to learn a new language, don’t let age put you off. People aged over 60 can be independent and flexible in how they learn a language – and successful, too. There is ample ...

There is a storm brewing for modern language education in the UK. The uptake in higher education has more than halved in the past 15 years. And in the same period, ten modern language university ...