Learning Science
How the brain learns — and how to apply it to language and life.
The articles in this section are written and synthesised by AI from published research in the fields of learning science and linguistics.
The sources for each article are listed at the end of the piece — do read them, both for a fuller grounding and to satisfy yourself as to their reliability.
Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing: What Order Should Children and Adults Learn Them In?
The four skills have a natural order — the one every child follows: listening, speaking, reading, writing, built on the...
How Watching a Series with a Character You Love Can Change Your Pronunciation
Bingeing a show you adore can quietly reshape how your mouth moves and the sounds you make — because you see the mouth,...
When to Start a Child on a Foreign Language — and Why It Should Be Play, Not Study
When should a child begin a second language, and how? Earlier is better for accent — but the early years call for playin...
Why AI and Language Teachers Each Have Their Own Beauty, According to the Science of Learning
App or teacher, AI or human? The science of learning dissolves the rivalry. Learning is half cognition and half heart —...
Language vs Other Skills: What Makes It Special for Building Cognitive Reserve?
Learning a language is often called one of the best ways to build cognitive reserve. Is it really different from music,...
The Beauty of Understanding Linguistics When You Learn a Language
You do not need linguistics to learn a language — but a little understanding of how language works transforms the journe...
Neuroplasticity: How Learning a Language Rewires Your Brain
The adult brain was never set like concrete. Neuroplasticity — its lifelong ability to physically rewire — is what makes...
Which Part of the Brain Works Hardest When You Learn a Language?
There is no single language centre. Learning a language is a whole-brain team effort — but the real stars for a learner...
Where Chinese and Vietnamese Grammar Meet — and Where They Part
Chinese grammar is uncannily familiar to a Vietnamese speaker — the two are cut from the same typological cloth. Where t...