Apps are great, but hanging out with toddlers who refuse to speak English might be the ultimate language-learning hack.

Learning a second language comes with cognitive and societal benefits, yet Australian students are abandoning language ...

The FINANCIAL — new study using MRI has revealed structural brain changes in children with developmental language disorder (DLD), a common but under-recognised difficulty in language learning.

Kids can learn languages really easily, which makes a lot of adults wonder why it is so hard for them to do the same thing when they are older. Kids can figure out how to say words and understand the ...

• University of Freiburg study on vocabulary acquisition uses novel game-based design • Study results: Children of primary school age can benefit from long-term experience with multiple accents when ...

Sentences contain subtle hints in their grammar that tell young children about the meaning of new words, according to new research. As young children, how do we build our vocabulary? Even by age 1, ...

The songbird is among the classical species studied as a model for understanding the neurobiology of language. It uses song and vocalization to communicate information for its survival. The songbird’s ...

Adults need to guide kids’ interactions with AI, and teach the difference between talking to a machine and a human.

If elementary school children are accustomed to many regional and foreign accents because they hear them frequently in their linguistic environment, then it is easier for them to learn new words from ...