Research shows that the best linguists process unfamiliar foreign speech sounds more like non-speech sounds ...

As fall quarter begins, many students face the question of how to fulfill a foreign language requirement or whether to continue a language already begun. I’ve lived abroad and spent my career in ...

Well, I have been writing about parenting for a while, but I think it is time to return to my main topic: talking about ...

Speaking — even trying to speak — a language will help open doors on your next trip, and achieving a “survival level” might be easier than you think. By Ruffin Prevost There are plenty of reasons to ...

Yuko Goto Butler, director of the Graduate School of Education's Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program, has long fielded requests from her students for a wide-ranging book of ...

Learning a new language later in life can be a frustrating, almost paradoxical experience. On paper, our more mature and experienced adult brains should make learning easier, yet it is illiterate ...

Language skills like reading, writing, listening, and speaking are essential for effective communication in English and are closely linked to educational and professional success both locally and ...