Ever wonder if your little one is actually absorbing those conversations happening around them? As a mama who spent countless ...

Students shouldn’t encounter word problems for the first time in an assessment. Teachers need to bring the right word ...

Human language allows us to learn new words for things we've never witnessed directly. We do this seamlessly, for example, in conversations, using clues from the overall context to infer a new word's ...

While dogs don't speak our language, they are remarkably adept at understanding certain words and phrases. This article ...

Ever tried to explain why a sausage would be referred to as a "snag" while overseas, or why the toilet is the "dunny"? If you found this challenging, spare a thought for large language models (LLMs) ...

US schools are going all in on phonics, but research shows that approach won’t work for every child. A blended literacy ...

Infants as young as 15 months can use language context to infer the meaning of words referring to objects they’ve never seen.

Toddlers at 15 months begin to learn new words for objects that they’ve never seen, suggests a study. The findings provide evidence that infants can learn words from language alone, say American ...