If you’re traveling soon to a place where you don’t know the language well (or at all), then you’ll want to download a language learning app to your smartphone before you embark on your journey. These ...

When the world fully opens back up and we throw ourselves into travel, it would be nice to arrive with a grasp on the language and culture of our destination. Language is one of the most powerful ...

In order to sell their Kirkland-brand products in Canada as well as the US, Costco apparently must label every item in French as well as English. I can't tell you the length of time I've spent staring ...

Learning new languages is a natural instinct for children, and yet it becomes more difficult as we age. We might be at a disadvantage as adults, but with a few learning methods, you can still give ...

It is 6 p.m. You have logged off from work and are unwinding with a glass of wine. You turn on the TV, but instead of Netflix, you click on a new app called 6pm in Paris, and spend the next 30 minutes ...

My wife and I like to travel to other countries, but we always face a familiar obstacle -- how to learn the language well enough to converse with people. We've tried taking language lessons, yet we ...

Michelle Sheehan has received funding for her research and outreach activities from the British Academy, Language Acts and World Making and the Philological Society. According to a recent survey ...