Difficulty with English language can mask other difficulties culturally and linguistically diverse students may have, such as Austism or dyslexia.
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Chinese language learning offers singular opportunities for cultural capital.
Students from non-English speaking backgrounds learn differently depending on the types and number of languages they speak and are literate in.
What effect does music have on the developing brains of babies who haven’t even learnt to talk?
If you read a translation of a book, have you read the book? Can language ever really tell you what someone else is thinking? Jhumpa Lahiri navigates these tricky waters in her memoir, In Other Words.
Research shows babies begin to learn language sounds before they’re even born. What about babies who hear two languages from birth? Can a baby brain specialize in two languages?
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Associate Professor, Migration and Education, Australian National University
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