The acquisition of vocabulary in a second language is a multifaceted process, encompassing both explicit instruction and incidental learning. Contemporary research highlights the importance of digital ...

Hannah Papacek Harper's feature directorial debut, which is getting its U.K. premiere at Sheffield DocFest, shows us the challenges for the natural world through a lens of science seen through art. By ...

Glenn Hadikin is a trustee of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL). As new generations reach for words to describe the world around them they often delve into the vocabulary of ...

The loss of so many beetles, birds, and bacteria is desperately sad. But it’s far from the full extent of our loss. A new study analyzing how many terms authors use for the natural world shows that ...

After revisions to the Oxford Junior Dictionary, a widely used children's dictionary, led to the removal of such nature words as "acorn," "bluebell" and "otter" in favor of such technology-centric ...