Children are astonishing language learners. Long before they can read or write, they begin to pick up words, patterns, and rules from the world around them. What makes this achievement even more ...

Even the smartest machines can't match young minds at language learning. Researchers share new findings on how children stay ahead of AI—and why it matters. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

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Children acquire hundreds of words in their second year of life 1. How children learn so much in so little time remains a central question in language development research. ‘Word learning’ here refers ...

Yuko Goto Butler, director of the Graduate School of Education's Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program, has long fielded requests from her students for a wide-ranging book of ...

Giving AI a human-like memory limitation may actually help it learn language better. In their new proof-of-principle study, ...

A new study reveals an often-overlooked process in language learning: children frequently begin by grasping whole phrases and only later identify the individual components within them. This ...

For adults, communicating in our first language feels easy and natural. Yet learning language is a complex process that is influenced by several factors. In new research in the cognitive sciences, we ...

Learning a new language later in life can be a frustrating, almost paradoxical experience. On paper, our more mature and experienced adult brains should make learning easier, yet it is illiterate ...