UT assistant professor Maria Arredondo conducts an experiment to identify whether or not bilingual children are more efficient learners. Wearing a cap with instruments that map brain activity, a child ...

Before the 1950s, prevailing research indicated that bilingualism created a disadvantage for children. Since then, many studies have found that not only were those concerns unfounded but that ...

You may not realize this, but your newborn is a linguistic dynamo waiting to happen. Babies can distinguish 800 language sounds, which means they are primed to learn several languages — at the same ...

When 4-year-old Luc Soileau noticed a snail on the sidewalk, he immediately exclaimed: “Look, Mom! Escargot!” But his mother, Kellie, was not surprised by his sudden shift to French. Luc has attended ...

A University of Houston professor and her research team are seeking to improve the lives and education of bilingual children across the country through their research on developmental language ...

SEATTLE, Wash. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — A study out of the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences says it’s never too early to expose kids to two languages. Researchers ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — October is Celebrating the Bilingual Child Month. According to the University of Washington News, 27% of children in the US are learning another language in addition to English at ...

Local author Maritza Lynn Higuera recently published her second bilingual book, aiming to enhance children's English and Spanish reading skills. Children, according to Higuera, are known for their ...

A study finds babies prefer baby talk, whether they're learning one language or two. Scientists knew infants learning one language preferred the sing-song tones of parents' baby talk, and now ...

But his mother, Kellie, was not surprised by his sudden shift to French. Luc has attended Ecole Bilingue De La Nouvelle-Orléans, a French immersion school, for two years and has learned a slew of ...