We picked the brains of six people who successfully taught themselves how to speak a new language in record time to understand how it can be done.

Polyglot Luca Lampariello on creating a language-learning system that’s functional and fun. We're sorry, but something went wrong while fetching your podcast feeds ...

July 2 (UPI) --Children are remarkably efficient language learners -- they absorb new words, sentence structures and syntax much faster than teenagers and adults. But why? While most studies probing ...

Science shows that learning a second language can help you solve problems more critically, focus more intensely, and even keep your brain sharp as you age. And that’s not even mentioning the practical ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Trying to make yourself a more well-rounded person, but can’t quit the Netflix binge? Don’t worry; there’s a shortcut. Thanks to a Google Chrome extension that’s been ...

Lazy linguists have never had it better. Scientific American reports on two recent studies which suggest speeding up your language learning may be a lot easier than you think. For one thing, findings ...

You may think you’re a quick learner, but Scott H. Young sets the bar. He learned MIT’s four-year computer science curriculum in less than 12 months, and four languages in a year, both of which he ...

The belief that children learn languages faster than adults is nearly universal — and largely wrong. Linguistic studies ...

From in-person classes at school to remote learning, and from apps to tandem partners, there seems to be no end to tools and approaches that help you learn a new language. One seemingly wild idea is ...

Even people who champion diversity and are knowledgeable about the topic can be nervous about choosing the correct words to describe various aspects of personal identity. This is especially true when ...