As December's routines shift, even fifteen focused minutes a day can set off the measurable cognitive gains of ...

All the cognitive, emotional, and cultural benefits of picking up another language at any stage of life. Jayk7/Getty Images As the world continues to become increasingly interconnected, ...

I’m a Mexican-American woman and my first language was Spanish. Soon after I learned English. In my parents’ household, we mainly speak English with occasional Spanish conversations. Being bilingual ...

You may think you’re proficient in another language, but are you really? People are using their phones more and more to learn new languages. I see folks glued to their devices, answering ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Many of us wish we could learn another language. It seems young kids have no problem picking up a second or third language but for adults, that changes. At the Star of the North ...

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.

A reader recently wrote to ask about a language-immersion program. How in the world do you narrow your choices and figure out whether that program is right for you? Will the Spanish you learn in ...

Trujillo, Peru. Photo (C) Carl Beuke 2012. Dr Paul Pimsleur was a psychologist who devised the Pimsleur ‘speak and read’ series of language lessons. He died in 1976, but lessons using his system ...

The majority of baby boomers love to learn new things, but they think they’re too old to actually do so, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 Americans, split evenly by generation, revealed ...

If there was one positive that followed us out of lockdowns, it was the return of the hobby. I, like many, dabbled in a few. First there were puzzles, which I gave up very quickly. Then website design ...