Did you know young children (especially under-4s) are still learning the appropriate contexts for their languages - whether they speak one or many!...

Is there a recipe for raising bilingual children? In Episode 5 of our podcast we discuss the prevalent myths around bilingualism, such as whether...
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...
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...
Parents who are raising their children as bi/ multilingual, or who are simply introducing their little ones to a new language can often be met with...
150 words per minute!! Whoa!
More precisely, when adults speak a language they know well, they produce (on average) 150 wpm.
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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...
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