The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without ...

We've confused adaptation with submission. This post reclaims what we have lost—and why it matters for how you understand ...

In this encore episode, Short Wave host Emily Kwong dissects the "critical period hypothesis," a theory which linguists have been debating for decades — with the help of Sarah Frances Phillips, a Ph.D ...

Xijia Zhang is affiliated with the University of Alberta. Kimberly Noels works for the University of Alberta. She receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

W Marshall, VP of Marketing at Summit K12 and Montserrat Garibay, Assistant Deputy Secretary & Director for the Office of English Language Acquisition at the U.S. Department of Education – on stage at ...

The assassination attempt on Donald Trump this month unleashed a flood of unfounded conspiracy theories from the right and the left: that the shooting was part of a deep state coup, or that it was ...

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.

There is evidence that learning and using a second language results in structural and functional changes in the bilingual brain. The research team hypothesized that acquiring a second language early ...

ABSTRACT: With the development of digitalization of education, augmented reality (AR) is largely developed and used in second language teaching. This essay aims to introduce an AR technique design ...