“I was asked to look into Spanish-language-learning programs for our insurance brokerage sales staff. Your past articles are highly critical of Babbel and Rosetta Stone. Their commercials claim to ...

Could learning multiple languages be a secret weapon against the ravages of old age? C’est une possibilité. In a new study, ...

Language learning is now more accessible than ever, thanks to technology. While Duolingo’s gamified approach makes learning ...

Chandraman Biswa, 87, sat on the patient’s bench as his doctor warned him about eating too much of his favorite goat meat. “I’ve got to eat, don’t I?” asked Biswa, of Reynoldsburg. “You need to eat, ...

Only 10% of people in the U.S. speak a foreign language proficiently. In comparison, in Europe, 65% of people can speak a second language other than their native tongue. Although the difference is ...

A large-scale study of more than 86,000 Europeans found that speaking multiple languages may help slow biological and cognitive aging.

“Learning a new language is like working out your brain,” said Jennifer Wittmeyer, a cognitive neuroscientist at ...

Every day, millions of people use more than one language to communicate at work or at home. You might not expect that the decisions a person makes would depend on whether they use their native ...

If you’re enrolling your child in California state-subsidized preschool this fall, you’ll be asked new questions about what languages they speak and understand. It’s part of a new effort to identify ...

Half of the people whose first language is Kodiak Alutiiq have died over the last few years. The Alaska Native Sun'aq Tribe estimates fewer than 20 remain, but that is not stopping new speakers from ...

I wearily found my way to an aisle seat on the plane about to take off from Santa Barbara, Calif., the second to last leg of my recent whirlwind trip. However, I wasn't too tired for one of my ...