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Your head movements may be giving away your foreign accent

When adults speak a second language, you can oftentimes tell. Usually, it’s from what’s coming out of their mouth. But ...
The Columbian

Learning a second language ‘is like a whole-body exercise’

TOKYO — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can’t grasp ...
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Older adults may struggle to learn a new language but classes are a worthwhile exercise

TOKYO (AP) — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can't grasp ...
Psychology Today

Learning a New Language Differs Between Children and Adults

The songbird is among the classical species studied as a model for understanding the neurobiology of language. It uses song and vocalization to communicate information for its survival. The songbird’s ...
Yahoo

English as a second language program opens to more students

BRANCH COUNTY—The English as a Second Language Adult Education program is again accepting new students, Kris Jenkins, the Branch Intermediate School District superintendent, told her board Wednesday.