Giving AI a human-like memory limitation may actually help it learn language better. In their new proof-of-principle study, ...

Two concepts – acquisition and learning – play key roles in the study of language. Although there are people who use the two terms interchangeably, in reality they embody two different processes in ...

Researchers build fleeting memory transformers with human-like memory decay, proving memory limits help AI learn grammar ...

Since the 1970s, learning motivation has gradually become one of the focal points of second/foreign language learning research. The social-educational model (SEM) proposed by scholar Robert Gardner, ...

Your host in Osaka, Japan, slips on a pair of headphones and suddenly hears your words transformed into flawless Kansai Japanese. Even better, their reply in their native tongue comes through ...

To use a word properly in a diverse range of contexts, speakers must understand its meaning in relation to other words with similar meanings. Lexical acquisition, therefore, involves knowledge of ...

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, ...

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.