“Knowledge-building” has become a buzzword in reading instruction. It refers to English/language arts approaches that aim to systematically build students’ understanding of the world—rather than ...

In an earlier post in this blog, Why Did Language Evolve? I examined the relationship between language and mind in creating meaning. I proposed that meaning arises in the mix, from the complex ...

Humans are unique in their ability to acquire language. But how? A new study shows that we are in fact born with the basic fundamental knowledge of language, thus shedding light on the age-old ...

In my recent book, The Language Myth, I investigate one of the dominant themes that has preoccupied the study of language for the last 50 years or so: whether the rudiments of the human capacity for ...

The accent does judging and English is a language of attracting the accent. We all want to hear those who speak this language, but consider it hard to speak in it sometimes. Everything that you enjoy ...

Knowledge democracy doesn’t mean having an expert in every room; it’s about empowering all employees to work with and explore company knowledge resources freely. Many knowledge-sharing tools have ...

Large language models (LLMs) deliver impressive results, but are they truly capable of reaching or surpassing human ...

Our students have a great deal of background knowledge that teachers need to activate so that they can learn new content. And students need to be provided with additional background knowledge so that ...