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 ...

While kids can pick up new languages at a rapid clip, we adults often struggle to remember the word for fork three months into French class. Historically, this age-related mismatch in language ...

This video features a multilingual conversation discussing five simple principles that support language learning. Using ...