David J. Peterson, the language creator for HBO's Game of Thrones, explains how to go about creating a fictional language. David breaks down how he constructed the Dothraki and Valyrian languages, and ...

Margo Gottlieb answered questions about what it takes to create English-language-proficiency standards and assessments and how those tools can be used to improve instruction. Educators have struggled ...

For Leslie and Mark Begert, raising bilingual children in a predominantly English-speaking culture presented a challenge that many parents face: how to make language learning natural, engaging, and ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. When I was 15 and learning a new language, I struggled with memorizing vocabulary and ...

Though Americans have a reputation for being averse to foreign-language movies and television, that appears to be changing: consider South Korea's recent successes with "Parasite," which won the ...

When journalist Conz Preti brought her three children to visit family in Argentina in 2022, her four-year-old son did something surprising. "He just started fluently speaking in Spanish with my family ...

In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...