Large language model-based chatbots can't effectively recognize users' motivation when they are hesitant about making healthy behavior changes, but they can support those who are committed to take ...

Gamification is transforming how people learn new languages by making the process more engaging, motivating, and interactive. Studies show that integrating points, badges, leaderboards, and challenges ...

Challenging common myths shows that language learning is more accessible, engaging, and beneficial than many people think.

Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs) and adaptive learning systems, is rapidly transforming language learning and ...

Students learning English as a foreign language are often hesitant or unwilling to communicate in English, delaying the ...

If you want to effortlessly become an expert in a new language, you’re probably too late. That’s an opportunity largely reserved for children. And yet, adults regularly set out to study a second (or ...

Teaching reading is a long issue of debate in both the research literature and media, as well as the legislature, schools, and teacher prep programs. At the University of Dayton, we implement a ...

Are you thinking about learning a language? Perhaps you’ve decided that it’s time to dust off your classroom French. Maybe you’re planning a trip to Japan and feel like you should make the effort to ...