An MIT study done in Beijing shows music may help with spoken language. While many people often consider music a universal language, a recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study done in ...

Children from low-income families typically have fewer opportunities to develop language skills than middle-class children, which creates learning gaps evident on the first day of kindergarten.

Check out a printable PDF of this study guide! Do your teachers or parents often correct how you talk? Do you correct how other people talk? John McWhorter is a linguist (a person who studies ...

Andrew Bishop is pursuing a Master of Public Policy at the University of Virginia. You can follow him on Twitter @xiongandi. At the start of my undergraduate career, I decided to embark on what has ...

Check out a printable PDF of this study guide! Many of us feel irked when we hear people speaking "incorrectly." Whether it's using "like" a few too many times, or the word "literally" to mean ...

Study Tips: Many students complain of a lack of interest in studies shortly before exams. They keep their books open, but their minds are elsewhere. This wastes precious time and reduces productivity.