Adults learning another language often tend to continue using the intonation of their native language. This causes them to ...

Raising a bilingual child in the United States requires much deliberate effort, since English surrounds nearly every ...

Learning a second language may seem like an unconventional way to support children with autism, but new research suggests that bilingualism can improve cognitive and social skills in children with ...

To the editor: English is a phonetic language, so as soon as children learn letters and sounds, they can start to write simple messages. Most people go on to write well enough for practical purposes, ...

The ¡Aprendamos! program at the Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County, Spanish for Let’s Learn!, is meant to provide ...

New literacy campaigns, such as Turn on the Subtitles, have pointed to TV as a way to entice children to read, through same-language subtitles. However, research from Britain suggests that children ...

Bucking conventionality, boys in Norway are making early gains in reading English as a second language and even outperforming girls at age 10 and 13 -- a new a study of more than one million students ...

There is much blaming and finger-pointing as to why the U.S. isn’t doing better. Some experts say that parents are allowing kids to spend too much time on screens, while others argue that elementary ...

A teacher works with sixth- and seventh-graders on a phonics lesson in Poway, Calif., in January 2020. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune) To the editor: English is a phonetic language, so ...