The effect of variability on learning is recognized in many fields: learning is harder when input is variable, but variability leads to better generalization of the knowledge we learned. In this ...

Learning a new language is one of those goals that many people share, but is hard to achieve in practice. Tools like Duolingo have gained popularity by gamifing the language learning experience, but ...

In an age where connectivity is widespread and knowledge is readily available, the landscape of language learning has changed considerably. Gone are the days when we had to trawl through dictionaries ...

Thor Sawin has received funding for teacher development projects through the State Department Fulbright Specialist and English Language Specialist program, as well as the US Air Force and LCC ...

For more than 30 years a school in Northern Ireland has been bringing modern languages to life by welcoming native speakers into its classrooms. Language assistants have used their "native input" to ...