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...

Don’t you think it’s weird that the English word ‘two’ has a silent ‘W’ in it? Especially when all the other...

Whether you’re homeschooling a toddler or a six-year-old, languages could be a really valuable part of their day.

Here are our top tips to...

Have you heard of 'the chimp wars'? Whether or not humans and apes share some of the same language-learning mechanisms is a hotly debated topic.

A...

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...