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

Welcome to May – hopefully it's the start of the summer here in the UK!

Have you noticed that the word for May is very similar in many...

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...

It’s National Pet Month so we've pulled together a multilingual flashcard featuring the Portuguese, Spanish, Norwegian...

Did you know languages help delay the onset of dementia by upto 4 years on average by increasing your ‘COGNITIVE RESERVE’ .

Your...

"It's raining cats and dogs" is the theme of the day in the UK. But where does this peculiar saying come from?

According to omniglot.com (a most...

Discover ten beautiful ways to say “thank you” in Italian!

There are many ways you can express your gratitude in Italian, so we've...

Fancy learning how to sound like a dog in different languages? Here's how! 

(Can you spot the connections between them?)

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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...

“I don’t want to be reminded of my {insert language} lessons in school” is one of the most common things we hear parents say...

When learning a new language, babies and young children respond really well to repetition, short phrases, changes in pitch and emotional tone of...