CUSICK, Washington – Teacher Nalene Andrews sat in a circle with six children during a Sept. 27 class as she used hand signs and repeated sentences in her native language. The first- and ...

Learning a new language is easy. Mastering it is hard. For those who pursue the goal to converse in a foreign tongue, there are a plethora of courses, apps, classes, and other ways to learn. However, ...

Across the country, we are seeing an increase in world language programs for K-12 students. Today, Renee A. Foose, Superintendent of the Howard County Public School System in Maryland, shares ...

It doesn’t seem fair. You struggle for years trying to learn a new language while a child can come back from a summer in another country having completely mastered it. Children are built for language ...

A researcher explores the different functions of prefabricated phrases in young learners' oral language production. These phrases provided learners with an instrument to overcome their lack of ...

“What good is a foreign language?” is a question many college administrators are asking these days. The Modern Languages Association reported recently that foreign languages enrollments have decreased ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Did you study a language for multiple years in high school or college? Did you learn a language while ...

Many Americans don't learn a second or a third language from birth, let alone a language that the CIA or U.S. Foreign Service might want. The situation has forced U.S. government agencies to learn how ...