In an increasingly global economy, fluency in a second language is often touted as an important asset to individuals, not to mention employers. But is learning a second language in school really worth ...

Post written by François Grosjean. In an earlier post on questions parents may want to consider when deciding to make their child bilingual, I stated that some people still believe that you cannot be ...

Lauren: Learning a new language seems like a big challenge in the beginning, and that’s because it is. Many of us started our language learning in the classroom, where we’re taught through ...

Psychologists and cognitive neuroscientists show that bilinguals who are highly proficient in their second language, such as international students who have come to the United States to pursue higher ...

• MoveHub, a company that helps people relocate abroad, created these nifty maps of country's second languages. • While English is popular, French and Russian beat out Spanish as a second language. • ...

Italian cardinal Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti was said to have spoken more than 38 languages fluently at the time of his death in 1849, a skill that would have been imminently useful in today's globalized ...

English as a second language (ESL) refers to the study and use of the English language by individuals whose native language is not English. It is usually taught in countries where English is a major ...

For centuries, adults may have relied on pedagogies that promote rote memory for the learning of foreign languages through word associations and grammar rules. This contrasts sharply with child ...

‘John i told Tom that Peter trusts himself/him i.’ For L2 learners, determining which antecedent(s) a reflexive can refer to in a sentence is subtle and cannot be directly deduced from language input.

**The Teaching English as a Second Language certification program will not be accepting new students for the Summer terms of 2026 and 2027. More information to follow.** A significant demand for ...