A person's native language is often referred to as their "mother tongue." But does a first language always come from your ...

The first language you learn as a baby “locks in” certain patterns in your brain and affects how you will learn other languages in future. Even if you forget that first language, ...

In over 2,000 schools, English is no longer the first language for the majority of pupils, data obtained by Freedom of ...

Post written by François Grosjean. The influence of a first language on a second language in the form of interferences (transfers) is well accepted and well documented (see here). But until ...

A language may be dying off every 14 days around the world, UNESCO has reported. But the people I sat with Saturday want to make sure their language doesn't die.

But because maintaining a first language other than English isn’t typically supported in a child’s K-12 education, there are too few bilingual teachers in the U.S.

Identity-first phrasing was seen as negative, so person-first language became the language of choice and was used in many disability laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, ...