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 ...

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

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.

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

Children who grow up speaking two languages develop strengths that shape the way they learn and connect with others. Bilingualism is often seen only as a practical skill for communication, but ...

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 ...

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Michelle White received funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa. South Africa is a linguistically and culturally diverse country. There are 11 official languages and several ...