Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Terry Lamb taught foreign languages in Britain for several decades. He knows it’s not easy to get young people to ...

I’ve always wanted to be fluent in multiple languages, but at 28 years old with just English under my belt, I think I’m falling behind on my polyglot dream. It’s partly my fault — I studied French in ...

If you’re traveling soon to a place where you don’t know the language well (or at all), then you’ll want to download a language learning app to your smartphone before you embark on your journey. These ...

We may not be thrilled with our housebound conditions, but what better opportunity for learning a foreign language? By Stephanie Rosenbloom It’s a classic travel fantasy: flying to another country to ...

The New Republic's John McWhorter recently came out with an essay on why we should stop pretending French is an important language. The piece comes in response to a New York Times article about a new ...