Habla espanol? Or èske ou pale kreyòl? Or perhaps you’re fluent in another language — or just want your child to be? Teaching kids an additional language (or two) starting at a young age presents them ...

Simone’s mom reads, sings and talks to him in French. In fact, Melissa Da, a French-American from Baltimore, only speaks her native language to the 2 1/2-year-old. The goal? To raise him to be ...

Post written by François Grosjean. Updated on April 5, 2020. Whenever I give a talk on bilingualism, I surprise my audience with the following estimate: more than half of the world's population uses ...

Post written by François Grosjean. In 1978, researchers Martin L. Albert and Loraine K. Obler wrote a highly influential book, The Bilingual Brain, which gave great momentum to the ...

In a playground in Paris, 3-year-old Raphael Jegouzo excitedly tells a little girl, “Me too, I speak French!” Like many other children his age, he learned to speak French at home – except his home is ...

In a playground in Paris, 3-year-old Raphael Jegouzo excitedly tells a little girl, “Me too, I speak French!” Like many other children his age, he learned to speak French at home – except his home is ...

Want to see how you fare on a test of inhibitory control? Take a Stroop effect test. Tell us what you think. E-mail comments or questions to the editors at letters@northwestern.edu. Ever wonder about ...

If you are one of those parents or would-be parents who really wants your child to be able to speak and read well in English and in Spanish, you are not alone. Apart from the benefits of learning two ...

For some elementary students at Jackson Avenue School in Mineola, math lessons are taught early in the day, in English. Later that same day, a switch occurs: Those students learn about Machu Picchu ...