The new findings indicate that if researchers truly want to understand how children, and others, learn languages, they need to look outside of Chomsky’s theory for guidance.

Learning a new language can be daunting, especially if you don't think you have the skill for it. But polygot Lýdia Machová says the secret is in the process of learning itself.

One theory of why learning a foreign language is so hard for adults focuses more on the process we go through to do so, rather than the loss of plasticity.

In 1980, Dr Pimsleur’s book, How to Learn a Foreign Language, was published posthumously. The book lays out Dr Pimsleur’s principles of language learning and instruction, which of course ...

If you stumble when you need to talk to someone in a language that isn't your native language, do you think: "I just don't have the knack for languages" or "Maybe I am not cut out to learn another ...

This article is by Katharine B. Nielson, the chief education officer at Voxy, a language-learning company based in New York City. The renowned Mexican author Carlos Fuentes once remarked that ...

In some states, fewer than 10 percent of students are learning languages other than English, painting a grim picture of foreign language education in U.S. public schools.

In theory, a young person could master a broad array of tongues. ... If you’re learning 365 languages in a year, you can’t have more than one full day of exposure to each one.

Foreign language learning has a greater impact on student growth than is initially evident. In fact, studying a second language leads to benefits related to students' native language ...

The world has changed a lot since the summer of 1991. But there are still reasons for us to invest in foreign language studies. Despite the global pre-eminence of English and the growing ...