While roughly half the global population speaks at least two languages, only about 20% of U.S. residents can say the same. Dual-language immersion programs, in which academic content is taught in ...

A few decades ago, being bilingual gave people an advantage, but in today's globalized and ever-changing world, mastering an ...

Students at two elementary schools in White Bear Lake will have lessons in a mix of English and Spanish next school year. The district is the latest to launch a Spanish dual immersion program, ...

But they will know just as many words overall, only spread across the two languages. And children who speak more than one language are actually very good language learners. A recent study with ...

Code-switching - the alternating use of several languages by bilingual speakers - does not usually indicate lack of competence on the part of the speaker in any of the languages concerned, but results ...

The verses turn an intimate gaze on the poet’s surging sense of alienation in the West and the challenges she encountered in straddling two cultures and languages. The reader’s initial ...