Babies are like little detectives, constantly piecing together clues about the world around them. If you’ve ever noticed your baby staring at you while you talk, it’s because they’re picking up on ...

Early studies have proposed that a putative "sensitive period" for acquiring the sound patterns of a language ends around age ...

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The acquisition of language is a multifaceted process that extends well beyond deliberate instruction. Recent studies indicate that implicit learning—whereby individuals unconsciously absorb the ...

Contrary to conventional thinking, it's never too late to learn a new language. Use these tips to get started. For more than two years, Dulcie Shoener of Milwaukee has done daily German lessons on her ...

Eylem Altuntas is a researcher at the BabyLab within the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour, and Development at Western Sydney University. Babies are like little detectives, constantly piecing ...

Data-driven learning (DDL) has emerged as a transformative approach in language education, harnessing the power of large textual databases to facilitate empirical insights for teaching and learning.

Human languages are notoriously complex, and linguists have long thought it would be impossible to teach a machine how to analyze speech sounds and word structures in the way humans do. But ...

A new study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders suggests that the ability to comprehend complex language relies on a developmental window that may close significantly ...