Tag: research
IES Announces Research Grant Competitions
The National Center for Education Research and the National Center for Special Education Research at IES released seven funding announcements for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021).
All Application Packages will be available on June 11,...
ALA Diversity Research Grant Program Applications Due Apr. 15
The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting applications for its Diversity Research Grant (DRG) program. The grant consists of a one-time award of $2,500 and the ALA has encouraged its evaluators to select...
Talking Faster, Saying the Same
According to
a new study (“Different languages, similar encoding efficiency: comparable
information rates across the human communicative niche”) published in Science
Advances, languages differ in complexity and speech rate, but not in the
rate of information transmission.
“Surprisingly,
we find...
New Robots Learn Languages the Same Way Children Do
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a tool called a “semantic parser” that mimics the experience of children learning a language. The semantic parses does what children typically do—observe their environments...
Multilingual Students Succeeding in the U.S.
A new study finds that scores from students who speak a language other than English at home have improved dramatically over the last 15...
Bilingual children do find it easier to pick up other languages
It is often claimed that bilinguals are better than monolinguals at learning languages. Now, this hypothesis has found support in a new study of brain activity, conducted at Georgetown University Medical Center and published...
UCLA Brings Aztec From the Past into the Present
In an interesting combination of art and language, a UCLA professor is leading the research for an Aztec text.
UCLA historian, Kevin Terraciano, is working with art experts at the Getty Center in collaboration with...
Bilinguals May Recognize Voices Better
A new study in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition shows an advantage in bilingual children when determining...
Indian Bilinguals Humanizing Virtual Assistants
To improve the functionality of Cortana, its voice-powered virtual assistant, Microsoft is turning to bilinguals. Of specific interest is the practice of code...
Helping Bilingual Researchers
Melanie Curl demonstrates how using youth-friendly databases helps increase literacy among English language learner
In classrooms that include both English language learners (ELLs) and native English speakers, educators face the unique challenge of teaching these...