Typical study methods like lectures, cramming, and re-reading are ineffective. According to scientific research, they don’t help students retain information over the long term. What works is spaced ...

Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

In school, many kindergarten and first-grade students are asked to memorize lists of common words, which are sometimes called “sight words.” This practice skips important steps. The idea that children ...

For the first time scientists have identified how a pathway in the brain which is unique to humans allows us to learn new words. For the first time scientists have identified how a pathway in the ...

Learn how to memorize English words quickly and grow your vocabulary. Marina Mogilko shares effective hacks for language learning and expanding your word knowledge.

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