University of Waterloo provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Waterloo provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. When you consider how children ...

As part of the study, the team of researchers examined the word processing skills of toddlers, who spend most of their time with adults compared with those who have more exposure to groups of children ...

The toddler brain is a bustling place, with billions of cells zapping millions of signals to each other every day. To keep this flurry of activity straight, our brains are organized into two halves; ...

It's the adults who have to learn grammar and vocabulary; toddlers and dogs, on the other hand, just get each other without ...

Even the smartest machines can't match young minds at language learning. Researchers share new findings on how children stay ahead of AI—and why it matters. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

From brain development to accents, aptitude, and motivation, the real science behind language learning challenges the idea ...

While young children have a unique instinct to learn a new language intuitively, toddlers do not learn very well when put in front of a computer or saddled to an audiotape of foreign phrases.

Two-year-old children were taught novel words in predictable and unpredictable situations. Children learned words significantly better in predictable situations. The first few years of a child's life ...

An international group of literacy education experts are calling on teachers and parents to adopt a new framework for ...

Children who grow up speaking two languages develop strengths that shape the way they learn and connect with others. Bilingualism is often seen only as a practical skill for communication, but ...

Children master languages effortlessly due to their highly adaptable brains and fearless approach to mistakes. Natural immersion in daily life, superior sound recognition, and learning through play, ...