Months of language study improve attention, working memory and executive function in older adults, experts say.

Across Africa, millions of children grow up speaking African languages at home but are later expected to learn through ...

I love busting out a French subjunctive in pursuit of better restaurant service, so it’s a joy to discover there’s a neuroscientific upside to being multilingual, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy ...

Learning another language is one of the deepest and most human things one can possibly do, writes Douglas Hofstadter.

Learning ASL is an amazing way to break down barriers between people. A Disney animator just made a free, beautiful, fun ASL ...

Study finds those who speak two languages have brains that appear around six years younger than those who speak one ...

Learning languages may keep your brain young, but the evidence for preventing dementia itself is far less clearcut.

The hypothesis that children learn to read the same way they learn to speak, through immersion, has done much damage. Indian ...

Forget crosswords – a new study has found that if you want to keep your grey matter young, learn French ...

Learning another language could slow aging in the brain by up to 13 years, according to research. People who speak more than one language seem to have younger brains and the more languages you speak ...

As the Supreme Court examines the policy's implementation, former UGC Chief argues that with phased rollout, trained teachers ...