Learning maths in foreign language ‘boosts MFL grades’
Learning math in a foreign language can give students' grades a boost
Bilingual kids: Foreign languages are an emerging trend in day care
Teaching children in preschool a new language is growing in popularity
Mandarin now most popular foreign language in Victorian state schools
Mandarin language courses are surging in popularity in Australia
Language-savvy parents improve their children’s reading development, study shows
Parents who understand language complexity are able to spot the difficulties and explain them to kids. They also tend to pass on those skills when they listen to their children read, which in turn helps reading development.
Drawing on Ideas for Language Learners
How concept-mapping strategies can benefit language learners
The Bilingual Teacher Shortage: A Vicious Cycle
Bilingual teachers could be an "endangered species" just as bilingual education is primed to grow in popularity
What Everyone Ought to Know About the Benefits of a Multilingual Workforce
How a multilingual workforce even benefits small businesses
The Creativity of Human Language
The average language user is a marvel of creativity. We take often take the magic of language for granted, but we spend of our lives enveloped in language
How to get your child interested in learning a second language
Want your kids to learn a new language? It may take some extra effort, but here are a few strategies parents can use in their day-to-day lives to expose children to new languages and give them the opportunity to acquire full fluency in the future.
Don’t Dismiss That 30 Million-Word Gap Quite So Fast
The 30-million word gap shouldn't be discounted. The differences in the early language environments of children do have a significant impact.