Learning a new language later in life can be a frustrating, almost paradoxical experience. On paper, our more mature and experienced adult brains should make learning easier, yet it is illiterate ...

This word has appeared in 119 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence? By The Learning Network This word has appeared in 201 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year.

For decades, scientists have worked to understand how the brain turns thoughts into words and words into meaning. Language is ...

But between the ages of around two and five, the number of words they know absolutely rockets, and they'll start sticking them all together into sentences like 'we go to the park'. All kids learn ...

Learn a Word Series 2 demonstrates fun ways and range of strategies for early readers to learn basic words in English. Learn a Word is informed by the Australian National Curriculum. ABC iview Home ...

Imagine that you are teaching your child the word dog by showing them a cuddly toy that looks like a puppy and saying “doggie”. How will your child learn that the word “doggie” refers not ...

This issue’s “Books” column includes “The Old Man and the Queer,”a non-fiction account of whose subtitle, “The Transformative ...

This week, I dove into the book My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary Hartnett, and Wendy W. Williams. I’m here with my ...

Plus, learning a few polite phrases may earn you ... and you may find your footing in familiar root words. Below, you'll find translations of the most common Greek phrases that travelers may ...