Culture, Language Learning & Linguistics

Learn the basics of first and second language acquisition and how to apply this knowledge to improve your second language learning skills.

You might have noticed, if you have ever attempted to learn a foreign language, that this is a process that is quite different from the way children learn their mother tongues. Nonetheless, both processes share several similarities. Understanding their similarities and differences allows language...

As a science of language, linguistics is concerned primarily with language forms and meaning, but also with how language is used in contexts. Each field of study consists of various subfields and is at the intersection of a number of others such as philosophy, sociology, psychology, anthropology,...

As a science of language, linguistics is concerned primarily with language forms and meaning, but also with how language is used in contexts. Each field of study consists of various subfields and is at the intersection of a number of others such as philosophy, sociology, psychology, anthropology,...

Australia is generally perceived as being a monolingual, English-speaking country. However, you may be surprised to learn that around 200 languages are spoken in Australia by immigrant minorities and that there are even more than 250 indigenous languages in Australia alone. Throughout our...

Australia is generally perceived as being a monolingual, English-speaking country. However, you may be surprised to learn that around 200 languages are spoken in Australia by immigrant minorities and that there are even more than 250 indigenous languages in Australia alone. Throughout our...

Description: More than one fifth of the Australian population speaks a language other than English at home, according to the 2016 Census. Children growing up in families like these will likely become bilingual as a result. While raising bilingual children represents a substantial challenge for...

Description: More than one fifth of the Australian population speaks a language other than English at home, according to the 2016 Census. Children growing up in families like these will likely become bilingual as a result. While raising bilingual children represents a substantial challenge for...