If you’re traveling soon to a place where you don’t know the language well (or at all), then you’ll want to download a language learning app to your smartphone before you embark on your journey. These ...

Busuu is a solid option for learning Italian. It’s a community app with a bunch of various lessons by members of the community. Italian lessons include vocabulary and grammar stuff as well as audio ...

Food may be the best vehicle for learning a new language. After all, we all have to eat, and cooking and eating with others engages all of our senses. This free course from MIT teaches basic Italian, ...

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Late one chilly evening last September, I excused myself from a small group huddled around a campfire to peck at and mumble into my phone. No way was a camping trip going to make me miss my Italian ...

Learning a second language during childhood can prove to be a fun and fruitful experience for children. Though it has been ...

We may not be thrilled with our housebound conditions, but what better opportunity for learning a foreign language? By Stephanie Rosenbloom It’s a classic travel fantasy: flying to another country to ...

Free language learning apps often promise the world — but don’t expect fluency from one. Here’s what to expect before you sign up. By Eric Ravenscraft If mobile language-learning apps are to be ...

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When it comes to learning a language, the left side of the brain has traditionally been considered the hub of language processing. But new research shows the right brain plays a critical early role in ...