Expand your horizons with foreign language resources at Duke University Libraries As the Librarian for African and African American Studies at Duke University Libraries, Heather Martin recently guided ...

Build confidence in a new language by focusing on progress, not perfection. Transform fear into courage with practice and enjoy natural conversations.

A new Science paper challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture ...

When words fail them, creative writers imagine entirely new ones. Author Patti Callahan Henry examines fictional language, from the words of Tolkien to her own. Our editors and experts handpick every ...

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 ...