Even if we don’t speak a language with total ease, we can wield slang to better understand and bond with others. Most of all, though, learning slang is fun—as language ought to be.

A Neuroscientist Says This Is the Most Effective Way Our Brains Learn a New Skill Stanford professor David Eagleman explains our brains’ natural way of learning something new. Here’s how you ...

3. Test yourself — a lot. A classic study published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest shows that self-testing is an extremely effective way to speed up the learning process.

Many people who want to learn Japanese study the language so they could converse with natives, watch anime or films without subtitles, or simply to haggle prices with shopkeepers at local Japanese ...

New findings from Michigan State University researchers suggest that some popular approaches for learning may not be as practical as parents think. Preschoolers who played more literacy games scored ...