I am often asked why English is such a difficult to learn for non-native speakers. In fact, how hard it is to learn depends on what your native language is; and this follows as languages are more (or ...

All children are born with the same kind of brain wiring, so at the outset, we are all equally adept at learning any possible human language. For a newborn, any language is, in principle, as easy or ...

Language learning is a rewarding but challenging journey, and some languages pose far greater obstacles than others. Factors like grammar, pronunciation, writing systems, and cultural context all ...

Language is so frustrating! I have a working knowledge of English and Spanish with a smattering of French. Learning English as a second language, however, must be incredibly complicated. I am ...

THE DIFFICULTY in learning a foreign language lies not only in its inherent complexity. Languages are complex in different ways (though all are learnable by infants). The main reason a language is ...