Language difficulty is subjective When learning a new language, we usually transfer what we know from our first language to our second, third and so on, Blanco says. This includes hand gestures ...

How difficult can it be, I answer, when of the more than 1 billion speakers of English around the globe, only 378 million speak English as a first language while 793 million are non-native speakers.

Learning a second language is a growing interest for people these days, whether it’s for business communication, traveling, making friends, a career interest or even just for fun. But learning a ...

When you learn two languages at once, you’re macheting your way through the jungle but instead of creating one path, you’re creating two. That requires twice the discipline, time, and motivation.

America’s State Department places the languages it teaches diplomats into four categories (see chart), with estimates of how long they take to learn them ranging from 24 to 88 weeks.

LANGUAGEIn today’s world, English has become one of the most important languages. Wherever you go, whether it is in your own country or abroad, in schools, offices, airports, hotels ...

Roberto Gomez, 14, moved with his family to San Antonio from Mexico less than two years ago. He's been working hard to learn English since then — a task made even more difficult now that all of ...

These four evidence-based suggestions can help educators offset learning loss for young English learners, write Leslie M. Babinski, Steven J. Amendum, Steven E. Knotek, and Marta Sánchez.