February 1, 2023

¿por qué no empezar a aprender un nuevo idioma hoy mismo?

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

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

L’importance de l’apprentissage des langues chez les adultes

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

The Advantages of Language Learning for Adults

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

The Benefits of Language Learning for High School Students

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

The Power of Language Learning for Elementary-Age Students

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

Language Learning: A Path to Mental Agility for Seniors

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

Language Names in Their Own Language

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

The Sooner You Expose A Baby To A Second Language, The Smarter They’ll Be

November 14, 2013

New Study Shows Brain Benefits Of Bilingualism

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

Babies Learn Language Basics While Still in Womb

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

Second-Language Learning

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

How the Learning of Language in Children Encourages Education Leadership

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

Myths about Bilingualism

“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

Focus on Bilingualism: Social Language Assessment of English Learners

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

Parlez Vous Francais? It Might Boost Brain Power

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

El mapa del cerebro bilingüe

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

Your brain on a second language: Bilingualism and brain power

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

Rendez vous Always Knew ‘Bilinguals Are Smarter’

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

Why Bilinguals Are Smarter

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

Adventure of a Teenage Polyglot

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

Bay Language Academy in the Alameda Patch

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

Why Every Professor Needs Linguistics 101

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

Reasons to Learn Sign Language

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

Are We Really Monolingual?

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

2012: The Year Mandarin Chinese Becomes a ‘Commonly Taught Language’?

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

Two or More Languages in Early Childhood: Some General Points and Practical Recommendations

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

Bringing languages to life in the classroom

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

Hearing Bilingual: How Babies Sort Out Language

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

Bilingualism

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 […]
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