One in five individuals are impacted by language-based learning disabilities -- one of the most common being dyslexia, which involves difficulty in reading or interpreting words, letters and other ...

My son is in kindergarten and spends half of his day learning in English and half in Chinese at one of the oldest Chinese immersion programs in the country. I didn’t think twice about entering the ...

Who wouldn’t be amazed and ponder over the pure wonder that lies within the language acquisition process in childcare? It’s rather a topic that indeed creates imagination and curiosity. As a person ...

Children from poor neighborhoods are less likely to have complex language building opportunities both in home and at school, putting them at a disadvantage in their kindergarten year, finds a new ...

Florence Myles received funding from the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Funding Council) for the study 'Learning French from ages 5, 7 and 11: an investigation into starting ages, rates and routes ...

A pervasive idea assumes that young children can absorb new languages with minimal effort, but it turns out that the science is more complicated. By Lindsay Patterson This story was originally ...

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Communication is part of our everyday life, and is vital for all children and families to be healthy, happy and thriving. Speech, language and social interaction skills begin to develop very early and ...

Correction: The original video with this piece did not include captioning for some of the American Sign Language seen on screen. The video has been updated to include ...