Teacher talk seems intuitive—the expert imparts knowledge onto novices, who passively receive expertise like a car or machine receives parts at every station on an assembly line. In reality, an ...

Can apps ever replace classroom language learning or even help revive minority or dying languages? Apps offer languages - real or invented - not popular enough to be taught at evening classes or most ...

Language use and instruction in multilingual classrooms involve strategic deployment of multiple languages to support comprehension, participation and learning. Educators increasingly recognise that ...

It doesn’t have to be all fun and games. Shutterstock People often assume that children learn new languages easily and without effort, regardless of the situation they find themselves in. But is it ...