We're raising our kids to speak three languages, and it's not as hard as people think

After growing up across countries, I knew I wanted my kids to be multilingual — fluent in Dutch, German, and English from ...
EurekAlert!

For people who speak many languages, there’s something special about their native tongue

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- A new study of people who speak many languages has found that there is something special about how the brain processes their native language. In the brains of these polyglots — people ...
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Paris Olympics, how many languages do you speak?

🌎 How Many Languages Do People Speak at the Olympics? 🌍 Join me on the streets of Paris as I ask Olympic visitors how many languages they speak! 🏅 From French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Turkish, ...
KHON2

The 10 most spoken languages in Hawaiʻi

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi is a beautiful, diverse place with people from all over the world. We speak many languages, and this diversity reflects the cultural richness of the state. Officially, ...
TooFab

10 Celebrities Who Can Speak Three or More Languages

Learning a second language takes time and dedication and it’s not a skill people usually stick with throughout their lives. That’s why it’s even more impressive when someone reveals that they not only ...
The New Yorker

Should a Country Speak a Single Language?

In some Indian languages, the word for “language” is bhasha—the vowels long and warm, as in “car” or “tar.” It has a formal weight and a refined spirit. It comes to us from the classical heights of ...

Older adults may struggle to learn a new language but classes are a worthwhile exercise

I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina.
Los Angeles Times

Opinion: Everyone should learn a second language

Lauren: Learning a new language seems like a big challenge in the beginning, and that’s because it is. Many of us started our language learning in the classroom, where we’re taught through ...