A little girl in a pair of pale pink corduroy dungarees at a London play centre is trying valiantly to get her mother to read ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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

• 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 ...

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 ...

It’s well established that children have an easier time learning second languages. In recent years, scientists have studied ...

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.