Learning a language can’t be that hard — every baby in the world manages to do it in a few years. Figuring out how the process works is another story. Linguists have devised elaborate theories to ...

Many legacy platforms built their reputation on streaks, badges, and gamified practice, a formula that made language learning accessible but often left learners strong on recognition but weaker on ...

What if you could demystify one of the most fantastic technologies of our time—large language models (LLMs)—and build your own from scratch? It might sound like an impossible feat, reserved for elite ...

Xijia Zhang is affiliated with the University of Alberta. Kimberly Noels works for the University of Alberta. She receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape language learning in ways that no longer resemble an experiment. For decades, the process was defined by textbooks, memorization and occasional tutor ...