While we all know it is increasingly important today to be multilingual, the debate continues over which languages are more relevant, how the language is learnt and the background of the teacher. To this day the issue of the native and non-native language...
As the face of education changes in response to the COVID pandemic and the quick adoption of online teaching, how has the role of the teacher changed? What makes a good language teacher in the world that we live in today? Current research into teaching techniques has...
When we typically think about learning a new language, memorization, grammar and vocabulary lists come to mind. However, as we discussed in our previous article, the face of education is evolving and today, there is a bigger focus on communication. This is true of...
When it comes to early language acquisition research, evidence shows that with the support of parents, caregivers, and early childhood educators, as well as exposure to a literacy-rich environment, children progress from emergent to conventional reading. By...
Most people would agree on the absolute necessity of learning a foreign language in today’s society. But what is the most adequate and most effective way to do it? This is where things get a little bit more complicated. Different answers to this question have...
Chinese characters seem to be the most difficult part for foreign learners of Mandarin. One likely reason may be that Chinese characters look very different from their Roman language counterparts. Each character in Mandarin represents not only the pronunciation, but...