Over the last couple of decades there has been a fundamental change in how we understand the brain, particularly in relation to how...

STOP worrying about the spelling... and START LISTENING! We get it - it was ingrained into us at school to spell correctly - in fact it was a huge...

150 words per minute!! Whoa!

More precisely, when adults speak a language they know well, they produce (on average) 150 wpm.

Sports commentators...

Learning languages is not necessarily just about the final achievement – being able to communicate in another language (which of course...

At Babel Babies we believe it is important to only state something is FACT if there is concrete scientific evidence to back it up.

This means...

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...

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...

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...