Babbling in babies and marmoset monkeys shows how brain growth and feedback from caregivers shape language learning.

What is cognitive development? Expert Dr Samantha Durrant answers parents' questions around this tricky subject, and how it ...

Human babies’ babbling is more than cute noise—it’s a feedback-driven learning strategy that sets the foundation for language.

Researchers and educators say professional development for all teachers and school leaders rooted in best practices for English learners is needed to fill in the gap.

The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) is designed for limited English proficient students who are being prepared to participate in mainstream content-area instruction. CALLA ...

Dyslexia, a learning disability that makes it difficult to decipher and spell written words, affects about 20 percent of the population. With recent awareness of dyslexia’s prevalence has come a ...

How exposure to a foreign language ignites infants' learning Date: July 18, 2017 Source: University of Washington Summary: A new study is among the first to investigate how babies can learn a ...

This episode discusses five common mistakes that make language learning less effective. It explains how these habits can slow ...

Learning a new language as an adult relies on preexisting brain wiring. Our ability to rapidly learn a language is during a critical period in brain development that ends around adulthood.

Out research showed that motor skills in 7-month-old babies predicted the rate of language development in children that went on to develop autism spectrum disorder.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois will soon expand access to dual language education programs thanks to a new state law.