Narrative development in bilingual children is a complex interplay between cognitive, linguistic, and cultural factors. As these children acquire and use two or more languages, their storytelling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 22 percent of Americans speak a language other than English at home; many of them are English and Spanish speakers from ...

Many parents have a desire to raise their children to be bilingual or multilingual (that is, speaking more than one language fluently). It seems that everyone has an opinion on the “right” way to ...

Co-authored with Sirada Rochanavibhata, M.A. In a world that is becoming increasingly globalized and diverse, the ability to speak more than one language may be a desirable trait, especially because ...

Amanda Owen Van Horne sits on the floor while a child mixes up cake batter in a play kitchen. While at play, an intensive language therapy program is also underway for preschool-aged children with ...

Diagnosed with autism and delayed language development, five-year-old Jose lives with his bilingual English-Spanish family in the UK. In addition to all the important decisions that a family with an ...

In the United States, more than 12 million children hear a minority language at home from birth. More than two-thirds hear English as well, and they reach school age with varying levels of proficiency ...

Raising bilingual children has become more common as families grow increasingly connected across cultures and countries. You might be motivated by heritage, opportunity, or simply the value of ...

Children and adolescents who speak more than one language may reach adulthood with more grey matter, according to a new study. In a paper published in Brain Structure and Function, an international ...

A new study in U.S.-born children from Spanish-speaking families finds that minority language exposure does not threaten the acquisition of English by children in the U.S. and that there is no ...

If you are willing to raise your child to be bilingual, French is definitely a great option for their second language. Language immersion, either through one parent consistently speaking French or by ...

A new study shows that encouraging bilingualism at home has many cognitive benefits for children, which may be particularly helpful in kids with autism spectrum disorder. According to research ...