February 1, 2023
Los beneficubrimientos en neurociencia han demostrado que es posible aprender un idioma en cualquier edad. Sin embargo, muchos adultos todavía creen que es demasiado tarde para […]
February 1, 2023
L’importance de l’apprentissage des langues chez les jeunes enfants Le développement linguistique des jeunes enfants est un élément clé de leur croissance et de leur réussite […]
February 1, 2023
Dans un monde de plus en plus globalisé, la capacité à parler plusieurs langues est de plus en plus précieuse sur le marché du travail. Pour […]
February 1, 2023
For many adults, the thought of learning a new language can be daunting. However, the benefits of language learning for adults are numerous and can have […]
February 1, 2023
In today’s rapidly globalizing world, being able to speak multiple languages has become an increasingly valuable asset. For high school students, language learning can provide a […]
February 1, 2023
In an increasingly interconnected world, the ability to speak multiple languages has become an increasingly valuable asset. For elementary-age students, language learning can provide a foundation […]
February 1, 2023
Source: ChatGPT In a world that is constantly evolving, it is never too late to learn something new. For seniors, learning a language can be especially […]
June 16, 2020
The table below shows native names for languages, or autoglottonyms. You can click on the language names that are links to hear how they are pronounced, […]
April 8, 2016
November 14, 2013
Barbara J. King – November 14, 2013 The largest study so far to ask whether speaking two languages might delay the onset of dementia symptoms in […]
July 2, 2013
Amber Moore – Jan 02, 2013 A new study shows that children begin learning vowels in their native language while still in the womb.Babies learn language […]
December 20, 2012
Carla Thomas McCiure – January 2013 While education research has long suggested that studying second languages in K12 schools boosts student achievement in other content areas, […]
September 15, 2012
Roslyn Tam – September 15, 2012 As improvements in transportation and communication increase the interconnectedness of the world economy, the ability to communicate effectively across linguistic barriers has […]
August 29, 2012
“Learning two languages confuses a child and lowers his intelligence.”Old, poorly designed studies done primarily in the United States claimed to show that bilinguals had lower […]
March 30, 2012
Alejandro Brice, Ph.D, CCC-SLP – March 30, 2012 IntroductionPragmatics is the ability to use language in specific contexts and for specific purposes (Brice, 1992). School based […]
March 26, 2012
Jacki Lyden, NPR – March 26, 2012 Ever wish you had studied a little harder in your high school French or Spanish class? According to a […]
March 24, 2012
Angeles López – March 24, 2012 El lenguaje no es algo que exista fuera de nosotros, ‘vive’ en el cerebro. Aprender un solo idioma o dos […]
March 19, 2012
Leslie Berestein Rojas – March 19, 2012 Does being bilingual really make you smarter? Science staff writer Yudhijit Bhattacharjee made a good argument for it in the […]
March 19, 2012
Marcus Mabry, March 19, 2012 PARIS — Of course, we already knew this, those of us who are bilingual: We are smarter than other people. Still, […]
March 17, 2012
Yudhijit Bhattacharje – March 17, 2012 Speaking two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, […]
March 9, 2012
JOHN LELAND – March 9, 2012 Some people pick up a little Hebrew before their bar mitzvahs, or learn Spanish from their mothers, or can speak […]
February 27, 2012
February 27, 2012 When did you open the Bay Language Academy? We opened the week of Labor Day 2011. What inspired you to start the Academy? […]
February 19, 2012
Susan Behrens – February 19, 2012 By now it should be obvious that grammar instruction doesn’t benefit anyone. Students hate it; teachers never learned grammar themselves, […]
February 10, 2012
Melanie Slaugh – Feb 10, 2012 First off, what is sign language? For deaf or hard of hearing people, sign language is the way they communicate […]
January 14, 2012
Michael Erard – January 14th, 2012 Americans are often told that in today’s globalized world, we are at a competitive disadvantage because of our lazy monolingualism. […]
December 22, 2011
Chinese as a language has a unique contribution to make to American education — its character-based writing system, tones and long continuous cultural history make it both challenging and inherently interesting for a native English speaker. Learning languages as different from English as Chinese opens a whole new world of insights, perspectives and possibilities to students here. For that reason alone, this is a language well worth studying.
November 30, 2011
Annick De Houwer – November 2011 In an increasingly diversified and multilingual world, more and more young children find themselves in an environment where more than […]
November 16, 2011
John Tanner – November 16, 2011 The uptake of modern foreign languages in UK schools is continuing to decline, yet in an increasingly multicultural society and […]
October 10, 2011
PERRI KLASS, M.D. – Oct 10, 2011 Once, experts feared that young children exposed to more than one language would suffer “language confusion,” which might delay […]
September 26, 2011
Paweł Zieliński – September 26, 2011 The aim of this article is to present a short compendium of theories concerning bilingualism and bilinguals. Firstly, one needs […]