Vietnamese, for example, was one of the lowest-ranked languages for speed, but each syllable encoded a lot of information.

As fall quarter begins, many students face the question of how to fulfill a foreign language requirement or whether to continue a language already begun. I’ve lived abroad and spent my career in ...

Language learning is now more accessible than ever, thanks to technology. While Duolingo’s gamified approach makes learning ...

Ananya Gautam ’29, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Canaday Hall. Harvard students might have four-year plans more rigid than ever — but a universal language requirement deserves a slot. Coming ...

A notorious part of being an undergraduate student at the LSA is the infamous language requirement. If you’re lucky enough to be admitted into the college, you are welcomed with the burden of having ...

Despite the vast diversity of human languages, specific grammatical patterns appear again and again. A new study reveals that around a third of the long-proposed "linguistic universals"—patterns ...

Tennessee public high school students currently need to earn two credits in the same world language to graduate with a standard diploma, part of the state’s 22-credit graduation requirement. This can ...