If you’ve always wanted to learn a new language, don’t let age put you off. People aged over 60 can be independent and flexible in how they learn a language – and successful, too. There is ample evidence from decades of research that, as we age, some of our perceptual and cognitive abilities gradually decline. Our […] … learn more→

Chatbots are among the innovations in artificial intelligence that can appeal to students learning a foreign language. But how can they be used effectively? What can they offer when implemented within a well-thought-out educational framework? Last April, an Italian high school student spoke on the radio about how she had managed to improve her French thanks to […] … learn more→

Access to films in the original language has been widely democratized, as has access to subtitles in different languages. If their objective is to make it possible to understand the dialogues of a film whose language is not known, they are more and more envisaged under an educational angle. Clearly, watching a film in a foreign language […] … learn more→

Most everyday objects contain writing of some kind along with other semiotic codes (drawings, arrows, diagrams). There is an innovative methodology called ” Realia with writing”, which promotes the consideration of these objects as pedagogical resources, which are integrated naturally in the learning of a language. We have applied this methodology to the reflection on the mother tongue itself . In […] … learn more→

Languages ​​are constellations of words shared by all those speakers who are immersed in a specific linguistic environment. Despite their surprising variety – there are about 7000 -, linguistics tries to analyze them and determine their structure. This relatively recent discipline, which has many schools and approaches, has also investigated the different functions of language. But what […] … learn more→

Among the most widespread forms of audiovisual translation are the well-known dubbing, subtitling and voice-over . The latter allows us to listen to the translation and the original soundtrack, in the background, simultaneously. The reasons why most countries have opted for one of these three options are economic (subtitling is the cheapest option and its result is obtained much faster), but […] … learn more→

We often lament the level of young French in foreign languages. What is it really? This is the question that was raised by the National School System Assessment Board ( Cnesco ) at its Consensus Conference on Language Learning, held in March 2019, whose synthesis and recommendations come from to be published this Thursday, April […] … learn more→

Of all the skills that a person could have in today’s globalized world, few serve individuals – and the larger society – as well as knowing how to speak another language. People who speak another language score higher on tests and think more creatively, have access to a wider variety of jobs, and can more fully enjoy and […] … learn more→

Currently, the command of another language (especially English) is a necessity for young people because of the many job improvement opportunities that this can offer them and because it also facilitates the search for a job within their own country. English is becoming a demand in almost all sectors and there are many people who […] … learn more→

Being a father is wonderful. And being a father as a cognitive scientist studying the acquisition and management of languages ​​is even more wonderful. Oier, the small walking laboratory that I have at home, is an inexhaustible source of ideas and surprises related to psycholinguistics and the scientific study of multilingualism. He is growing up in a bilingual […] … learn more→