A new study adds to the growing body of evidence on the cognitive benefits of speaking multiple languages, finding that multilingualism not only enhances general cognitive abilities but also may help ...

What's one of your favorite examples of how multilingualism fosters creative thinking? It's hard to pick a favorite example, because I love them all! An interesting illustration comes from a study by ...

Many parents aspire to raise multilingual children, whether for cultural reasons or for the potential benefits in their later studies or career. There is no shortage of research to support the ...

A doctoral thesis shows that Finnish teachers need more information, material and training to support multilingualism in school. Finnish society, as well as Finnish schools, have always been ...

Language is a uniquely human skill. That's why studying how people learn and use language is crucial to understanding what it means to be human. Given that most people in the world—an estimated ...

27 June 2014 – An Arabic-speaking Chinese woman? A Mandarin-speaking Malagasy lady? A Spanish-speaking Portuguese gentleman from France? At first glance – or listen– all this might seem a bit strange, ...

Multilingualism — the regular use of more than one language — is associated with a reduced risk of accelerated ageing, according to data from more than 86,000 people across 27 European countries ...

University of Houston professor of psychology Arturo Hernandez is disputing a high-profile study published in the journal Nature Aging claiming that people who live in multilingual countries show ...

Multilingual learners consolidate reading strategies more effectively if they can draw on all their language skills – an approach that valorizes and makes the most of their previous knowledge. The ...