Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November, ...

Have you been keeping up on your Duolingo streak? New research suggests that learning a second language could play a role in keeping the mind younger and healthier for longer. A study published in the ...

Adults learning another language often tend to continue using the intonation of their native language. This causes them to ...

Want to make money? Turns out it pays to be bilingual—or at least to learn a second language, according to a recent survey by Preply, an online learning platform that connects students with online ...

Kendall is a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Managing Editor for UW's Her Campus chapter. Writing is a ...

This article is part of the new Mic series "Enabling Empathy Through Travel." See the previous post here. "Would you like to speak a second language?" Ask this question to a random person in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – An estimated 20 ...

Blackboard used in Spanish language class at Harvard University reveals students' difficulty in correctly placing the acute accent used in Spanish orthography. March 4, 2008 photo by John Stephen ...

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) defines dyslexia as a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read (see here). The ...

Almost one in 10 U.S. students in grades K-12 — about 5 million children total — are pulling double duty in school, learning English as a second language while absorbing math, science, social studies ...