When adults speak a second language, you can oftentimes tell. Usually, it’s from what’s coming out of their mouth. But communication isn’t always verbal. Their body (and head) moves too. And according ...

Contrary to general belief, most bilinguals have an accent in one of their languages. In a first post, I discussed this longstanding myth and examined such aspects as the no accent age limit (it is ...

It isn’t that Spanish people can’t understand me; I can hold fairly complex conversations, even though I’m not fluent. But I have far more of a foreign accent than I realized. The minute I open my ...

Imagine that you invite a friend, a non-native speaker of your own language, round for dinner. While cooking, you get distracted and the food ends up burnt to a crisp. Once the smoke detector stops ...

If elementary school children are accustomed to many regional and foreign accents because they hear them frequently in their linguistic environment, then it is easier for them to learn new words from ...

• University of Freiburg study on vocabulary acquisition uses novel game-based design • Study results: Children of primary school age can benefit from long-term experience with multiple accents when ...

PORT ANGELES — CindyLou Romberg is a little speechless when it comes to how much attention her mysteriously acquired speech patterns have brought her. The Port Angeles woman, 52, who began speaking ...

“Until now, there was a lack of studies on the influence of regional and foreign accents on children's learning of new words,” says Hanulíková. To fill this gap, the researchers had 88 Freiburg ...