Scientists have long posited that there is a “critical period” for language learning, but new research suggests that the time frame stretches on much longer than previously thought. A new study from ...

The idea that we have brains hardwired with a mental template for learning grammar—famously espoused by Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—has dominated linguistics for almost ...

Correct Grammar is important, no matter you are talking or writing something. Regardless of the language, grammar is the foundation for communication. The better the grammar, the easier it is to ...

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Many adults struggle to learn a second language, but not for lack of effort — the problem may actually be that they're trying too hard, a new study suggests. Scientists have long suspected that adults ...

I got an email one morning last week from a complete stranger in South Korea. In the From-line the sender’s name was displayed in hangul (my favorite among the world’s writing systems; I may write ...

The Board of Governors for Florida’s public universities is set to vote on whether college applicants can submit the Classic Learning Test, or CLT, in lieu of more broadly accepted standardized tests, ...

Yvonne Skipper received funding from the ESRC to conduct this research, which was part of a broader project exploring the impact of social influences on student learning. Grammar schools are never far ...