For many, the Spanish class you took in high school wasn't enough to really learn the language. You showed up to class, took the notes, aced the test — but you just weren't able to master it. Perhaps ...

There's a common assumption that if someone starts learning a language when they are very young, they will quickly become fluent. Many people also assume that it will become much harder to learn a ...

Lauren: Learning a new language seems like a big challenge in the beginning, and that’s because it is. Many of us started our language learning in the classroom, where we’re taught through ...

A photo composite showing a person on a laptop with a bubble coming out of it and the German flag colors on it, and another person on a mobile device with a buble and the colors and patters of the ...

Learning a new language later in life can be a frustrating, almost paradoxical experience. On paper, our more mature and ...

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Xijia Zhang is affiliated with the University of Alberta. Kimberly Noels works for the University of Alberta. She receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may help preserve memory, attention, and brain flexibility as we age. An ...

There are several reasons why you may want to embark on a journey to learn a new language. Maybe you have an international trip on the horizon. It could be because you have non-English speaking family ...

Language difficulty is not a fixed measurement. It depends heavily on your native language, your exposure to other languages, and the specific aspects of the target language you’re trying to learn.