July 2 (UPI) --Children are remarkably efficient language learners -- they absorb new words, sentence structures and syntax much faster than teenagers and adults. But why? While most studies probing ...

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 ...

Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary Audrey-Ann Deneault receives funding ...

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.

• University of Freiburg study on vocabulary acquisition uses novel game-based design • Study results: Children of primary school age can benefit from long-term experience with multiple accents when ...

Heading out on a nature walk near their Carbondale, Colorado, home, Rachel Mulry and her three kids review some words: verde (green), naranja (orange), rojo (red). The family is learning Spanish ...

Learning a second language during childhood can prove to be a fun and fruitful experience for children. Though it has been ...

After growing up across countries, I knew I wanted my kids to be multilingual — fluent in Dutch, German, and English from birth.

Correction: The original video with this piece did not include captioning for some of the American Sign Language seen on screen. The video has been updated to include ...

In this article, we will be looking at the 15 best foreign languages to learn for a child. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of language learning for children, you can directly go to the ...

A reader faults her husband’s relatives for not teaching their young children any English, which she worries may make for an awkward holiday visit.