Despite our ubiquitous talk of globalization, cultural diversity, cultural awareness and multiculturalism in general, language learning in higher education is in steady decline. Early in 2019, the ...

Language learning is now more accessible than ever, thanks to technology. While Duolingo’s gamified approach makes learning fun, it can feel repetitive and lacks depth for real conversations. If you ...

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 ...

With university classrooms and language schools closed because of the pandemic, language students must find new ways to practise and improve. In recent years, an increasing number of applied linguists ...

Many people are trying to learn a foreign language such as English, Spanish, French or Japanese. But after memorizing ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- So far, my favorite sentence in Dutch is “Ik fiets vaak:” I bike often. I’m also a big fan of “heel veel,” which means very much. I learned both from Duolingo, the addictive ...

If your children have begun learning a foreign language in school, it’s a good idea to help them develop their fluency with supplemental materials. While there’s a lot to be said for learning language ...

Can your brain attune itself to a foreign language before you're born? A UdeM-led team of neuropsychology researchers has found that it can. A few weeks of prenatal exposure to a new language is ...

As a student I learned only a smattering of words in my high school German classes. I’m not alone. Less than one percent of Americans master a foreign language in the classroom. And like, I suspect, ...

Gen Z travelers aren’t just chasing sunsets and selfies anymore. A new kind of short European getaway — bilingual breaks — is ...

The Editors at Communications Psychology invite submissions on the topic of foreign language learning. This curated Collection of research articles seeks to bring together high-quality publications ...