Learning a second language during childhood can prove to be a fun and fruitful experience for children. Though it has been noticed that some languages are considered tricky owing to complicated ...

Knowing another language opens doors for kids and adults alike. But most educators agree that childhood is the ideal time for language learning. While their brains don’t actually work like sponges and ...

It might seem that children have an easier time picking up foreign languages, but there are ways that adults can be as strong, or stronger, than children, says Anne Merritt. Adults who can’t achieve ...

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You have decided to learn another language. Now what? On our recent live chat our panellists first piece of advice was to ask yourself: what do you want to achieve and by when? Donavan Whyte, vice ...

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 sounds, structures, and symbols they don't immediately recognize or are ...

For years it was thought that teaching foreign languages to children as young as three was futile. Research findings indicate quite the opposite. There are incredible psychological benefits of ...

Born Deaf, Chennai-based Shraddha Agarwal built SignSetu — a bilingual Indian Sign Language (ISL) platform that helps Deaf ...

For a variety of reasons, my family is currently in Merida, Mexico and our small kids (two and four) are in a local school where they are expected to learn and play in Spanish. Below, I document our ...

A new study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders suggests that the ability to comprehend complex ...

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