Post written by François Grosjean. The influence of a first language on a second language in the form of interferences (transfers) is well accepted and well documented (see here). But until fairly ...

Probably many readers of The Chronicle of Higher Education watched recently the unforgettable moment in which Luis Urzúa, the last of the trapped Chilean miners, stepped out of the “Phoenix” capsule ...

Language proficiency assessment encompasses a diverse range of methodologies designed to evaluate an individual’s communicative abilities, from grammatical precision to the dynamic management of ...

Cigna and the Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) recently completed a successful pilot program that offered physicians the opportunity to take a “Cultural and ...

There are many benefits to knowing more than one language. For example, it has been shown that aging adults who speak more than one language have less likelihood of developing dementia. Unfortunately, ...

The study, titled "Bridging Language Teachers' AI Literacy and AI-Induced Emotions: A Systematic Review and a Framework for ...

Often managers are appointed on the basis of qualifications and years of experience, and not on language capability and other soft skills such as communication and interpersonal skills, team player ...

Salvador Ordorica is the CEO of The Spanish Group LLC, a first-class international translation service that translates over 90 languages. As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, being able ...

The focus of this section is on strategies to support resettled refugees’ acquisition of the language of the receiving community (often referred to as the target language). Some of the principles and ...