Tag: research
ALA Diversity Research Grant Program Applications Due Apr. 15
The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting applications for its Diversity Research Grant (DRG) program. The grant consists of a one-time award of...
Talking Faster, Saying the Same
According to
a new study (“Different languages, similar encoding efficiency: comparable
information rates across the human communicative niche”) published in Science
Advances, languages differ in complexity and...
New Robots Learn Languages the Same Way Children Do
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a tool called a “semantic parser” that mimics the experience of children learning a language....
Multilingual Students Succeeding in the U.S.
A new study finds that scores from students who speak a language other than...
Bilingual children do find it easier to pick up other languages
It is often claimed that bilinguals are better than monolinguals at learning languages. Now, this hypothesis has found support in a new study of...
UCLA Brings Aztec From the Past into the Present
In an interesting combination of art and language, a UCLA professor is leading the research for an Aztec text.
UCLA historian, Kevin Terraciano, is working...
Indian Bilinguals Humanizing Virtual Assistants
To improve the functionality of Cortana, its voice-powered virtual assistant, Microsoft is turning...
Helping Bilingual Researchers
Melanie Curl demonstrates how using youth-friendly databases helps increase literacy among English language learner
In classrooms that include both English language learners (ELLs) and native...
Project to Research How English is Learned
Why do students from certain countries learn English more easily than students in other places? Why do the most effective strategies for teaching English...
