One Word to Drop From Your Teacher Vocabulary
A simple change in language can show students how mistakes are useful and how struggle can be productive.
Visual method helps with learning language rules
One or two children per classroom finds it difficult to recognize patterns in spoken language, says researchers from the Netherlands. But these children with a developmental language disorder (DLD) do, however, recognize similar patterns in pictures.
The Science of Language Is As Complex As Learning a Language
The science of language learning is complex and here's why it's easier for children to learn a second language and how a bilingual brain works differently than a monolingual brain
From Monolingualism to Multilingualism: Breaking Down the Wall One Essential Shift at a Time
What are the most important academic, cognitive, and cultural benefits of multilingualism?
Benefits of speaking more than one language
Half the world’s population is bilingual but what do scientists have to say on the benefits of being multilingual?
Stephen Krashen’s Seven Tips for Teaching Language During Covid-19
The disruption to traditional language learning instruction during Covid-19 may reveal some unexpected benefits.
Not a ‘math person’? You may be better at learning to code than you think
New research finds that a natural aptitude for learning languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic math knowledge.
Being bilingual at any age is an advantage because of how it changes the brain
Being bilingual at any age is an advantage because of how it changes the brain
Brain wiring could be behind learning difficulties, say experts
Learning difficulties are not linked to differences in particular brain regions, but in how the brain is wired, research suggests.
This is your child’s brain on books: Scans show benefit of reading vs. screen time
Taking away screens and reading to our children during the formative years of birth to age 5 boosts brain development. We all know that's true, but now science can convince us with startling images.