Sign up here to receive an email reminder for this chat. The number of English-language learners in U.S. schools continues to grow rapidly, posing pedagogical ...

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 ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are effective teaching strategies for newcomers? Newcomers to the United States often have low-proficiency in English but, depending upon their age, might have ...

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Learning a new language represents one of the most rewarding intellectual challenges adults can pursue, offering cognitive benefits, career advantages, and deeper cultural connections that extend far ...

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Nina Greenwood is a passionate educator. Founder and CEO of Happy Plum Language Learning, an Ed-Tech startup based out of Harvard i-lab. The business world continues to increase in global ...

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 ...

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.

People who are deaf can learn to talk. Some deaf people may choose not to communicate using the spoken word. Instead, they prefer to use American sign language (ASL), a nonverbal language. Read on to ...