Over the last two years, public schools have welcomed thousands of children who speak little or no English — many of whom wind up in classes where little or no instruction is done in their native ...

The language we learn growing up seems to leave a lasting, biological imprint on our brains. German and Arabic native speakers have different connection strengths in specific parts of the brain’s ...

Fourth grader Darrel Tuuya Owen from Akiak did not seem fazed by the crowd. He spelled out his words in a loud, clear voice. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) The statewide Yup’ik language spelling bee was born ...

Students at the Arapaho School in Arapahoe, Wyoming, learn using an Arapaho language app. Credit: Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up ...

The languages we speak influence the way that we see the world, in ways most of us may never recognize. For example, researchers report seeing higher savings rates among people whose native language ...

WHEN DEEP BLUE, a chess computer, defeated Garry Kasparov, a world champion, in 1997 many gasped in fear of machines triumphing over mankind. In the intervening years, artificial intelligence has done ...

Although certain core brain regions are involved in the processing of all languages, these regions show distinct activation patterns during the processing of different languages. The different brain ...

Kateřina Chládková has received external funding from the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Science Foundation, and the Czech Ministry of Education. She consults for and co-develops the Mooveez ...