NPR

Learning a second language as an adult can be hard — but it's not impossible

In this encore episode, Short Wave host Emily Kwong dissects the "critical period hypothesis," a theory which linguists have been debating for decades — with the help of Sarah Frances Phillips, a Ph.D ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Educating Language-Minority Children

This chapter provides a broad overview of the findings from research on bilingualism and second-language learning, including types of bilingualism, linguistic aspects of second-language acquisition, ...
Psychology Today

Second-Language Immersion Is Not Always the Best Choice

I was talking to a friend about plans for her pre-schooler. Their home language is English, but my friend’s father is French, and I wondered if she was enrolling her child in the local French ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Japanese Use in English Language Classrooms for Young Learners ()

Eikaiwa, Young Learners, Teacher Beliefs, Teacher Practices, Code-Switching, L1 Use, Translanguaging, Optimal Use, Japanese EFL Share and Cite: Harris, A. (2026) Japanese Use in English Language ...