In the Texas Firsts series, old and new residents alike experience linchpins of Lone Star State life and culture. Carla cleared her throat and read the instructions from the textbook: “Curl your ...

Heading out on a nature walk near their Carbondale, Colorado, home, Rachel Mulry and her three kids review some words: verde (green), naranja (orange), rojo (red). The family is learning Spanish ...

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 ...

PITTSFIELD — As a teenager in Colombia, Connie Bergs-Sanchez found in books the solitude and comfort she had been craving. Some of the ones she liked included “Les Misérables,” the Twilight series, ...

Parents often hear the warning: “If your child doesn’t learn a second language early, they’ll never be fluent.” Adults, meanwhile, are told: “It’s just too late for you to learn now.” These claims are ...

Spain provides an ideal setting for people to immerse themselves in both the language and lifestyle, with its diverse regions each offering a unique dialect and cultural flavour. Cities like Barcelona ...