Over a six-month period, Xuehu Wei and the research team led by Alfred Anwander and Angela Friederici, meticulously compared the brain scans of 59 native Arabic speakers engaged in intensive German ...

It's much easier to learn new languages when you are a child. What happens in the brain when you become multilingual?Paul Hardy/PantherMedia/IMAGO There are many reasons to learn a new language. It ...

My father decided to start learning French when he was 57. He hired a tutor to meet with him twice a week and diligently completed his homework before every lesson. Before long, he was visiting the ...

Language learning is a fascinating and intricate process that has intrigued scholars and researchers for centuries. It is not only a means of communication but also a window into the complex workings ...

There are many reasons to learn a new language — it might be for work, a love interest, or a personal interest in a region's culture or people. Research shows that learning languages benefits your ...

Learning a second language is easier for some adults than others, and innate differences in how the various parts of the brain “talk” to one another may help explain why, according to a new study ...

You may believe that you have forgotten the Chinese you spoke as a child, but your brain hasn't. Moreover, that "forgotten" first language may well influence what goes on in your brain when you speak ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. All students need to be able to think clearly and understand language in much greater depth than casual "footy talk". It is estimated ...

Anne-Marie and Niall Boland, from Navan, Co Meath, have made an unusual choice of school for their deaf daughter. Sinéad (11) has been going to Scoil Éanna, her local Gaelscoil, since she was six ...

Einstein had dyslexia. Hemmingway had it, too. It can affect people their whole lives. New findings may lead to a fresh approach to the learning difficulty. People with dyslexia don’t only struggle ...