Dr Kimberly Vinall is the Executive Director of the Berkeley Language Center (BLC). Dr. Vinall received her PhD in Education at the University of California, Berkeley in 2015 and her MA in Hispanic ...

Language learning platform Preply has raised $150m in a Series D led by WestCap, valuing the company at $1.2bn as it ...

Language learning is often a daunting prospect. Many of us wish we had learned a language to a higher level at school. But even though adults of all ages can do well in acquiring a new language, fear ...

The acquisition of language is a multifaceted process that extends well beyond deliberate instruction. Recent studies indicate that implicit learning—whereby individuals unconsciously absorb the ...

Xijia Zhang is affiliated with the University of Alberta. Kimberly Noels works for the University of Alberta. She receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Generative AI tools can mimic real-life, foreign-language conversations at any time, which might be the key to language learning Corin Cesaric is a Flex Editor at CNET. She received her bachelor's ...

The UK government says tougher English rules will aid integration. Esol experts warn they risk turning language learning into ...

Although only 36% of UK adults speak more than one language, Dr González-Fernández's research offers a promising solution, suggesting that language-learning apps aren't just alternatives to ...

SINGAPORE – In January, as the threat of a TikTok ban loomed in the US over security concerns, an unexpected trend took off. Calling themselves “TikTok refugees”, hordes of the app’s estimated 170 ...