If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

Scientists reveal why certain word sounds feel pleasant and stick in memory, uncovering a deep link between phonemes, beauty, ...

Scientists created fake words to test if sound affects memory. Result: people remembered pleasant-sounding words twice as ...

A study from Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences revisits a long-standing idea in language science that ...

Most of us learnt that ‘a’ goes before consonants and ‘an’ before vowels – and most of us were only half-right. This Learning with TOI English Hack explains the real rule: it is not about letters, but ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading.

Bible Baptist Church is once again opening its doors to the community for a presentation of the church’s take on th Dickens ...

The English We Speak is your chance to catch up on the very latest English words and phrases. In under 3 minutes, we help you stay ahead of the pack by giving you 'must have' phrases that you can use ...

American and Canadian researchers studying sperm whale clicks have made a fascinating discovery recently about how the animals communicate, noting that said clicks – known as codas – bear a strong ...

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Esteban Touma, language expert from the app Babbel about 2025's most mispronounced words.

NARA -- A big new sign for Nara Park shows foreign tourists how to behave around the park's famous deer. The sign is at Gyoki square, near Kintetsu-Na Full article News in Easy English: 102-year-old ...

Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy ...