Out of the mouth of babes
Learning a language is child’s play, but linguists are still trying to understand how children do it so easily.
Fail productively… how to turn yourself into a super-learner
Whether you’re taking up music lessons or studying a new language, scientific research offers tips to aid learning
The Bilingual Brain by Albert Costa review – enlightening and astonishing
Does speaking more than one language alter your brain? The findings from a lifetime of research are revelatory
Linguistics: The pronunciation paradox
Learners of foreign languages can hear the errors in pronunciation that fellow students tend to make, but continue to fall foul of them themselves despite years of practice.
Learning Chinese can connect you to a wide variety of people, head of Chinese Language Program says
Learning Chinese opens a new world and culture for you to explore
Human connections will always beat Google Translate
Translation apps don’t profoundly enrich your brain, your cultural understanding, your capacity for empathy, in the way that language learning does. Nor do they give you a window into other worlds, broaden your mental horizons, make you more likely to be curious and respectful when encountering other cultures
Adding Madness to Method
Is it time to do away with the traditional instructional methods of language learning?
Why your kids should learn a foreign language
Why your children will benefit from learning a foreign language
Language learning for the soul
How learning a new language is good for the soul
The Bilingual Brain — the power of linguistics and learning
“The limits of my language are the limits of my world”, wrote the philosopher Wittgenstein. But for a bilingual, the boundaries are pushed, and the world opened up, by the gift of dual perception.