This blog frequently covers the many benefits of learning more than one language. Yet many students do not have the opportunity to do so and heritage language speakers are often told to learn English.

Learning two languages from the start helps children master the rules of each language faster, new research indicates. Some parents may worry whether teaching their babies two languages concurrently ...

There’s an accruing pile of evidence that teaching in English and a child’s home language in the preschool and early elementary years is best for young dual-language learners, both for academic ...

Growing up in a multilingual home has many advantages, but many parents worry that exposure to multiple languages might delay language acquisition. New research could now lay some of these ...

Translating a basic finding into a new therapy requires us to speak many languages—scientific, clinical, legal and financial. Yet most of us are hopelessly 'monolingual', a limitation that ...

SINGAPORE: A series of videos promoting the use of mother tongues has recently been released by the Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism. These videos are intended to promote the use of mother tongues, ...