July 20, 2010

Foreign Accents Make Speakers Seem Less Truthful to Listeners, Study Finds

University of Chicago – July 20, 2010 A foreign accent undermines a person’s credibility in ways that the speaker and the listener don’t consciously realize, new […]
February 17, 2010

Teaching a Foreign Language? Best Teach in the Accent of the Listener.

University of Haifa – February 17, 2010 Perception of second language speech is easier when it is spoken in the accent of the listener and not […]
December 13, 2009

Influences on Language Development

Rosario Then – December 13, 2009 Which factors influence language development? Language development is never a static process, it is rather a process that is forever […]
June 25, 2009

Self-determination and bilingualism

Rodrigue Landry, Réal Allard and Kenneth Deveau – June 25, 2009 ABSTRACT: This article focuses on additive bilingualism for minority group children, more specifically the development […]
November 28, 2006

The pleasure of learning languages

Carlos Carrion Torres – Vitoria ES -November 28, 2006 Advantages of English Nowadays at the beginning of 21st century, in media and computer era, being a […]
May 3, 2006

Raising Bilingual Children: The First Five Steps to Success

Christina Bosemark – May 3, 2006 When I was growing up, the only way to raise a truly international child was via an exorbitantly priced Swiss […]
May 3, 2006

Raising Bilingual Children: Is It Too Late?

Christina Bosemark – May 3, 2006 “After we talked, I’ve spoken nothing but French to my one year old for close to seven weeks now. All […]
March 9, 2004

Ten Common Fallacies About Bilingual Education

James Crawford – March 9, 2004 Researchers have made considerable advances in the fields of psycholinguistics, second language acquisition, bilingual pedagogy, and multicultural education. Today, we […]
December 16, 2001

Spanish for Spanish Speakers: Developing Dual Language Proficiency

Joy Kreeft Peyton, Vickie W. Lewelling, & Paula Winke – December 2001 The increasing number of students who enter U.S. schools from homes where languages other […]
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