Even a little knowledge of the language can make a difference in attitude when you meet people from other countries. Speaking another language helps to break down barriers. Work and business It can ...

Languages are typically taught by first exposing you to reading and writing, but native speakers always start learning languages by hearing and talking. Speak has built a platform to teach languages ...

Rauno Parrila receives funding from Australian Research Council and Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Valeria Maria Rigobon does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...

Kateřina Chládková has received external funding from the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Science Foundation, and the Czech Ministry of Education. She consults for and co-develops the Mooveez ...

Cecilia Hult is an editorial intern based in Hong Kong. How do you translate “dim sum”? Many English speakers would find the question strange, knowing the term refers to the large array of small ...

When learning a foreign language, developing strong linguistic skills is a challenge. In Japan, English language teaching is heavily funded and introduced at an early stage in the school curriculum.

My wife and I like to travel to other countries, but we always face a familiar obstacle -- how to learn the language well enough to converse with people. We've tried taking language lessons, yet we ...

Tackling a new language may seem intimidating, but the payoff is worth it. We’ve already covered the languages each country wants to learn the most in 2024. If you’re interested in which languages are ...

Many people who want to learn Japanese study the language so they could converse with natives, watch anime or films without subtitles, or simply to haggle prices with shopkeepers at local Japanese ...