There's an old joke among teachers and students of foreign languages that goes something like this: What do you call somebody who speaks three languages? Tri-lingual. What do you call somebody who ...

Most of us assume that learning another language is very difficult. You need special skills to remember both vocabulary and grammar rules and, at the same time, must be able to converse fluently with ...

Every time you sign in online, Lingua.ly views it as an opportunity to help you perfect your French or hone your Hebrew. The startup has raised $500,000 to make learning a foreign language part of ...

MacArthur High School seniors Alyssa Amatulli (front row left) and Hannah Kilmetis (front row right) taught Lee Road fifth-graders how to do the Tarantella. (Photo by Levittown Public Schools) ...

A new study on second language learning has recently taken the media by storm. A range of headlines – from the BBC to the Daily Mail and The Guardian – all trumpeted the depressing message that it’s ...

Experts say English slang and regional dialect should not be banned from classrooms but when you're getting to grips with a second language how helpful is it to learn non-standard lingo? Experts say ...

Sounds kind of like a tropical fungus, but as I discovered this week during the Design/Type/Color seminar here at Poynter, the language of the newsroom can come in some pretty funny dialects. Here are ...

In an increasingly global world, Americans should be adding, not slashing, opportunities for their children to learn another tongue. By Bénédicte de Montlaur Ms. de Montlaur is the cultural counselor ...

Every day, Massachusetts seventh-grader Kaylyn Wilson takes a break from doing homework online and opens an app on her phone for a half-hour foreign language lesson. “The boy has three green bikes and ...

Arguing that the inability to communicate in any language but English constitutes a threat to the nation’s economic and military security, two recent studies have painted a grim picture of ...