Child refugees need to have access to quality language programs so they have a chance at doing well at school - and teachers also need to be given appropriate training.
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The belief in the linguistic superiority of the ‘native speaker’ is often based on assumptions of ethnicity.
Language learning can make people more open to seeing a new way of doing things and develop a greater level of comfort with unfamiliar situations.
Babies first learn to recognize the rhythm and intonation of language. The process begins in the womb, where the intonation patterns are transmitted to the baby through the fluids.
A unique mentoring project has helped school pupils learn the cultural, professional and personal benefits of languages.
Researchers have found that some individuals have a ‘language aptitude,’ which depends on how their brain is organized.
Several brain regions engage in an amazing symphony to produce music. What then are the benefits of music training on a child?
Worried that a shortage of language speakers could be a security risk, the army now gives soldiers cash incentives to learn them.
Students who move from rural areas to cities to pursue university degrees grapple with what it means to “leave behind” their home languages.
There are many layers of complexity at play in the way that South African schools use and teach languages.
The decline of language learning has left Britain bereft of cultural exchange with Europe.
Will Hélène really learn English better if you call her Helen?
More Indians are fluent in the hybrid of Hindi and English than they are in English.
We really might get gradually worse at learning a new language as we age, says a new study.
As a Muslim woman, why I think the prime minister’s plan to teach Muslim women English is oppressive.
Irregular verbs, crazy spelling and the difficulty of being polite. English is tough.
Children don’t learn all aspects of language from their parents, but invent a language structure themselves.
What does it take to teach an AI how to read natural human languages?
There is a new potential coloniser on South Africa’s linguistic block. From 2016, Mandarin will be taught in schools – and this will see African languages bumped even further down the pecking order.
Bilingual children’s progress in learning vocabularly depends on their parents.
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Lecturer in Languages Education, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Linguistics, University of York
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Professor of Language Education and Linguistics, University of Leeds
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Honorary Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University; University of New England
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Director del Centro de Investigación Nebrija en Cognición (CINC) y Director de la International Chair in Cognitive Health (ICCH) en la Universidad Nebrija, Universidad Nebrija
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Professor of ESOL, University of South Wales
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Researcher in TESOL & Literacy, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Course Leader of Insessional English (EAP), University of Bath
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Reader, Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex
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Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics, University of Portsmouth
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Chair of Applied Linguistics, University of Southampton
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Professor of French Studies, School of Modern Languages, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Education, The University of Queensland