A Radboud University study found that adult language learners often transfer both intonation and head gestures from their native language into a second language, which can confuse native speakers.

This activity demonstrates the importance of tone in reading to convey various emotions. This activity focuses on the importance of tone in reading. The adult reads some pages of a book, changing the ...

Recent research shows older adults can learn new languages successfully regardless of whether they are taught with explicit grammar instruction or through incidental practice. Another study found that ...

Adults learning another language often tend to continue using the intonation of their native language. This causes them to make mistakes in the new language: incorrect intonation can change the ...

We have intensively discussed speech sounds in this class. The aim has been to improve on how we pronounce words. Today, we are building on what I hope has been achieved by looking at the concept of ...

Dogs have the ability to distinguish vocabulary words and the intonation of human speech through brain regions similar to those that humans use, a new study reports. Dogs have the ability to ...