Pragmatic competence—the ability to navigate the subtleties of social and cultural language use—remains a pivotal area in second language acquisition research. This aspect of language proficiency ...

Language proficiency assessment encompasses a diverse range of methodologies designed to evaluate an individual’s communicative abilities, from grammatical precision to the dynamic management of ...

New longitudinal research from Finland has found that children's early spatial skills and knowledge of written letters, rather than oral language skills, predict competence in math. The study included ...

Post written by François Grosjean. The influence of a first language on a second language in the form of interferences (transfers) is well accepted and well documented (see here). But until fairly ...

If you want to master languages, you should pick your parents with care, new research from Norway shows. A good working memory is perhaps the brain's most important system when it comes to learning a ...

As a Chinese and Japanese language teacher, I’ve always had a secret antipathy for sushi and dumplings. It’s not that I don’t like to eat them. It’s just that, in my first experiences teaching these ...

The focus of this section is on strategies to support resettled refugees’ acquisition of the language of the receiving community (often referred to as the target language). Some of the principles and ...

SINGAPORE: It is important to strengthen spoken language competencies among Singaporeans, said former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Friday (Jul 21). Speaking at a Racial Harmony Day event ...

Michelle White received funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa. South Africa is a linguistically and culturally diverse country. There are 11 official languages and several ...