Have you ever wondered why kids can pick up languages so easily? Even if it’s one they don’t speak at home, and contains ...

This article was written for our sponsor, Wake County Public School System. Chris Cox, the principal of Stough Mandarin Language Immersion Magnet Elementary School in Raleigh, was giddy with ...

All children are born with the same kind of brain wiring, so at the outset, we are all equally adept at learning any possible human language. For a newborn, any language is, in principle, as easy or ...

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 ...

Learn how experience teaches the brain to distinguish between the words in languages over time.

Scientists have thought that when we hear language, the brain processes it the same way, whether it's familiar or foreign. A ...

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For some, studying a foreign language can be daunting, for it may feel like an awkward introduction to a new world of grammar, vocabulary, as well as culture. But for others, this introduction means ...