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 ...

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 ...

Bilingual phonological development represents a dynamic and complex interplay between two or more linguistic sound systems during early childhood. In bilingual contexts, children navigate multiple ...

Before the 1950s, prevailing research indicated that bilingualism created a disadvantage for children. Since then, many studies have found that not only were those concerns unfounded but that ...

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 ...

From French to Spanish, creators are remixing her slow, sing-song style for families raising multilingual kids.

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 ...

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 ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. New hyperscanning research reveals that when bilingual mothers and children play together, their brains align just as strongly in a second language as in their native tongue, ...

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 ...

The University's Learning & Development Lab on the Tempe campus is conducting ongoing studies to gain insight into how children learn words based on the environment in which they grow up. The lab ...