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Combined A-level entries in French, German and Spanish rose slightly in absolute terms in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Home languages can help children learn English and become stronger readers.
Chad’s language policy has inherent potential for conflict.
Teacher education must help future teachers connect what they learn at university with the real challenges they will face in classrooms.
Learning English in Sweden is so much more than what goes on in school.
Children with DLD show problems across all their languages and need specialist help.
Less formal language learning can encourage us to think more about communication than accuracy.
Here are five practical, research-informed tips to help families build kids’ skills in their home language.
A study of 86,000 older adults across Europe shows people who speak multiple languages tend to age more slowly than monolinguals.
When a politician addresses issues such as Islamophobia, immigration or housing in multiple languages, they’re engaging with a wider world of shared experiences that migration has woven together.
Scientists added descriptive terms to the existing general Indigenous frog and reptile names to make them specific.
Ask children about what they read that isn’t in books - magazines, recipes, messages from friends.
Trump’s campaign produced campaign materials in Spanish to reach more voters. Now that he’s president, his White House is going English-only.
It is common for parents to worry about raising a child to be multilingual. They may wonder, am I harming my child’s English if I speak another language at home?
You can learn a lot of useful language along with your baby.
Previous research has shown that people tend to approach hypothetical problems in a more rational and less intuitive fashion when these are presented in a language that is not their native one.
AI-powered technology means it has never been easier to translate between two languages. But that doesn’t mean we should give up on learning another tongue. The benefits still outweigh the effort.
In theory, appealing to voters in their own languages makes good political sense. So why don’t more candidates do it on the campaign trail?
If you’re lucky enough to be able to teach your child several languages, don’t hesitate!
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