Singing with young children feels like a natural part of early education. It would be strange to find an early years or primary setting...

We face a UK languages crisis as GCSE numbers plummet and our confidence in learning languages crumbles. In episode 3 of The Language Revolution...
Nadolig Llawen / Welsh
Pronounced: Nado-lig Khla-when (put the tip of your tongue in the roof of your mouth for 'Ll')
Feliz Natal...

In this episode of the podcast, I ask neuroscientist Dr. Thomas Bak about the perfect age to learn languages. Is it ever too late to start? Can you...

Do you say ‘podcast’ or podcarst? I have no idea which one is more ‘me’ and so I sought advice about how we learn to speak...
It's truly incredible how perceptive babies are when it comes to learning to speak. Assuming there are no hearing or cognitive issues with language...
The Catherine Wheel
The Catherine wheel is a type of spinning pinwheel firework with a bit of a sinister background. Apparently St Catharine...
An important stage of language development in humans is the babbling stage. During this time, toddlers make a range of specific sounds as they...

We don’t often understand the process of learning to talk until we need speech and language therapy. It’s something parents have little...
Currywurst is a tasty German street food dish of Bratwurst (German sausages) with a spicy tomato sauce. There are a couple of different...
On Wednesday Cate presented her research that investigates the evidence base for using songs with young language learners at the British...
There is no such thing as the perfectly balanced bilingual. Simultaneous bilinguals are people who learn two languages from birth....
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