There's an old joke among teachers and students of foreign languages that goes something like this: What do you call somebody who speaks three languages? Tri-lingual. What do you call somebody who ...

Most of us assume that learning another language is very difficult. You need special skills to remember both vocabulary and grammar rules and, at the same time, must be able to converse fluently with ...

Every day, Massachusetts seventh-grader Kaylyn Wilson takes a break from doing homework online and opens an app on her phone for a half-hour foreign language lesson. “The boy has three green bikes and ...

Every time you sign in online, Lingua.ly views it as an opportunity to help you perfect your French or hone your Hebrew. The startup has raised $500,000 to make learning a foreign language part of ...

MacArthur High School seniors Alyssa Amatulli (front row left) and Hannah Kilmetis (front row right) taught Lee Road fifth-graders how to do the Tarantella. (Photo by Levittown Public Schools) ...

A new study on second language learning has recently taken the media by storm. A range of headlines – from the BBC to the Daily Mail and The Guardian – all trumpeted the depressing message that it’s ...

Sounds kind of like a tropical fungus, but as I discovered this week during the Design/Type/Color seminar here at Poynter, the language of the newsroom can come in some pretty funny dialects. Here are ...

American Sign Language (ASL), used by half a million Americans, is the fourth most studied foreign language at colleges and universities. Despite its critical role for those who can't use spoken ...

Ananya Gautam ’29, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Canaday Hall. Harvard students might have four-year plans more rigid than ever — but a universal language requirement deserves a slot. Coming ...