From brain development to accents, aptitude, and motivation, the real science behind language learning challenges the idea ...

Children master languages effortlessly due to their highly adaptable brains and fearless approach to mistakes. Natural immersion in daily life, superior sound recognition, and learning through play, ...

Every parent strives to provide their child with the skills necessary to succeed in life, says Sonia Di Marino, a Spanish Language Instructor at Chicago’s Instituto Cervantes, the largest ...

Studycat is "Highly Commended in Early Years Product & Services" category at prestigious Bett awards ceremony. This ...

Children from poor neighborhoods are less likely to have complex language building opportunities both in home and at school, putting them at a disadvantage in their kindergarten year, finds a new ...

Examining factors such as how much children gesture at an early age may make it possible to identify and intervene with very young children at risk for delays in speech and cognitive development, ...

New research pinpoints how young children quickly learn language, opening new paths to leverage for machine learning. Small children learn language at a pace far faster than teenagers or adults. One ...

Children learn to form complex sentences in a rapid process that can be likened to a phase transition. (Courtesy: iStock/quintanilla) New research suggests that the sudden ability of young children to ...

Language learning is a human universal. There is no human culture without language, and in every culture, children naturally pick up the language or languages used by those around them. Yet cultures ...

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 ...

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.

After receiving evidence-based early interventions, roughly two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism speak single words, ...