Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November, ...

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Research suggests that bilingual people enjoy some cognitive benefits later in life, but it probably requires more than a few Spanish lessons in your 60s. By Dana G. Smith My father decided to start ...

My weekly language classes have taught me humility more than anything else. Ayaka Ono, my current Japanese teacher, estimates ...

Evidence is mounting that speaking more than one language does more than ease travel or broaden cultural horizons, it may also help the brain stay biologically younger for longer. New large-scale ...

I find older students take tiny, tiny steps and then they fall back,” Ono-san — san is an honorific in Japanese to show respect — tells me. “They can’t focus as long. I teach something one minute and ...

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Older Adults May Struggle to Learn a New Language but Classes Are a Worthwhile Exercise TOKYO (AP) — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in ...

TOKYO (AP) — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can’t grasp ...

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.