Real Language Stories: Becoming an Imperfect Language Learner
Upon moving to Italy, Heidi Lovejoy wanted to learn Italian, but her perfectionism was a bigger obstacle than anticipated. Making progress required a …
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Science of Language: Newborns learn speech sounds using same brain regions as adults
A new study found that newborns start recognizing vowel sounds just hours after birth using a speech-processing system very similar to the one adults …
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Real Language Stories: French, Fast and Slow
My language learning journey started in an American high school. I studied French for four years. I was a serious student. I had always felt drawn to …
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Who needs language laws?
Last weekend, thousands of people assembled in Belfast, Northern Ireland to march through the regional capital in protest. The red-clad crowd numbered …
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Language Diary #2: Italian Crosstalk
Welcome back to my language diary. Which is apparently biweekly now with posts appearing on either Wednesdays or Thursdays, depending on how I feel. …
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Language Diary #1: Italian and making short-term language plans
I sincerely hope that future Elise will have a much better idea what she’s doing with this whole language business than today Elise, and with …
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