150 words per minute!! Whoa!
More precisely, when adults speak a language they know well, they produce (on average) 150 wpm.
Sports commentators...
So if being bilingual doesn't necessarily make you better at thinking (the jury is still out on the cognitive 'advantage' for children), what's the...
Does being bilingual make you cleverer?
The science of bilingualism is relatively new, with ever-evolving parameters as neuroscience, behavioural...
When learning a new language, babies and young children respond really well to repetition, short phrases, changes in pitch and emotional tone of...
Words please, maestro!
Yes, you are like a conductor directing a full orchestra of linguistic choices in your head.
Do you say 'hiya' to your close...
Just how many times have you heard this – “the earlier the better” when it comes to learning languages?
But is this really the...
These are some of the seriously cool benefits of learning languages:
Improved social skills
Appreciation of diversity
Can delay the onset of...
Don't you find there's so much conflicting advice out there on the dos and don't of parenting?!
It's definitely the case with teaching your...
You've been speaking your home language (e.g. Lithuanian) together since they were born. Your little one is about to start school. Should you...
By 12 months, babies understand about 50 words (Fenson et al., 1994) and by age 6 a typically developing child knows between 9,000 and 14,000...
Ever wondered why we can identify our own baby's cry amongst others? Some fascinating research I've been reading about at uni this month has a...
Far from being confounded by the slew of sounds they hear from birth (and even before), babies are slowly and carefully piecing together evidence...
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