AI tools like Copilot are helping neurodivergent professionals reduce cognitive load, build confidence and showcase their strengths at work.

Older adults may find learning new languages challenging, but recent research shows the effort itself provides significant ...

Family stories in immigrant families foster identity, resilience, and belonging by bridging generations, preserving culture, ...

Bilingualism offers more than just the ability to navigate multiple languages—it also has a profound impact on brain health. Research has increasingly shown that speaking more than one language can ...

Keep your brain sharp — it’s the most important tool you have to stave off mental decline. Studies also suggest that speaking another language can do more than impress your date when you’re ordering ...

A study from the University of Miami found that bilingual children, including those with autism, have stronger executive function skills and better perspective-taking abilities. Researchers suggest ...

ABSTRACT: A child born into a dual-language speaking family has the potential to grow into an accent-free bilingual; yet, with all the ubiquity of bilingualism, this tongue is rare. While the mere ...

ABSTRACT: The positive effects of dialogic reading on children’s language and early literacy skills are well-known. While many researchers have designed intervention studies at home or at school, ...

Bilingualism has long been known to have cognitive benefits for older adults. Research shows it helping delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease by up to five years compared to monolingual adults. This ...

Yale’s commitment to language learning is reflected in the distributional requirements — students must gain proficiency in a second language to graduate. Language significantly shapes our thought ...

Hilary A Smith is co-convenor of the Languages Alliance Aotearoa NZ and president of Applied Linguistics in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is a past president of the Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages ...

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.