The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) defines dyslexia as a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read (see here). The ...

Bilingual people may be better equipped to learn new languages than those who only speak one language, according to a study published in the academic journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. The ...

In the past decade, the popularity of the seal of biliteracy has surged across the country. What started out as an effort to promote educational equity for English-language learners in California may ...

This chapter provides a broad overview of the findings from research on bilingualism and second-language learning, including types of bilingualism, linguistic aspects of second-language acquisition, ...

The gospel of the day is that raising children to speak and understand more than one language is good for their cognitive development. A number of studies released in the past few years have indicated ...

Should you speak more than one language in the house? Do bilingual babies talk later? Speech and language therapist Monal Gajjar talks about bringing up children in bilingual households.

Evidence is mounting that speaking more than one language does more than ease travel or broaden cultural horizons, it may also help the brain stay biologically younger for longer. New large-scale ...

The ability to speak two languages often marvels monolinguals, although bilinguals report no difficulties in achieving this feat. Here, we examine how learning and using two languages affect language ...

It is often claimed that people who are bilingual are better than monolinguals at learning languages. Now, the first study to examine bilingual and monolingual brains as they learn an additional ...

Las Cruces Public Schools recently honored nearly 140 graduating seniors who earned the prestigious New Mexico State Seal of Bilingualism and Biliteracy. The ceremony ...

Keep your brain sharp — it’s the most important tool you have to stave off mental decline. Studies also suggest that speaking another language can do more than impress your date when you’re ordering ...