South Africa's literacy crisis: our app could help young readers by using home language and English
The language and speech technology has been developed to provide linguistic accuracy and is grounded in teaching principles.
The Conversation > GrammarDo languages become less complex with more new adult speakers? Research shows it’s not that simple
The idea a language should grow simpler if people need to learn it as adults has an intuitive appeal. But an analysis of more than 1,200 languages shows this doesn’t quite stack up.
The Conversation > GrammarAI is changing scientists' understanding of language learning – and raising questions about an innate grammar
Linguists have long considered grammar to be the glue of language, and key to how children learn it. But new prose-writing AIs suggest language experience may be more important than grammar.
The Conversation > GrammarHow grammar is taught in England should change
Our research found that focused grammar teaching didn’t improve children’s writing.
The Conversation > GrammarOur emotions and identity can affect how we use grammar
A better understanding of language and its neuroscientific basis would help us handle linguistic issues throughout our lives.
The Conversation > Grammar5 ways to teach the link between grammar and imagination for better creative writing
It isn’t a matter of choosing between teaching grammar or teaching students to use their imagination in their writing. In fact, it makes sense to show them how grammar can enhance their creativity.
The Conversation > GrammarCurious Kids: How are languages formed?
A young reader asks: How are languages formed?
The Conversation > GrammarForensic linguists can make or break a court case. So who are they and what do they do?
For decades, forensic linguists have helped crack cases involving false author attribution, masked voices, false confessions in criminal cases and copyright disputes.
The Conversation > GrammarKids who learn 'clause-chain' languages are quicker to develop complex sentences
In languages from Central Asia to the Amazon and New Guinea, stringing multiple ideas together is something children learn at an early age.
The Conversation > GrammarFive things people think they know about English grammar that make absolutely no sense
Have you been pulled up by a “grammar Nazi”? Now you can correct them back.
The Conversation > Grammar