The Reception teacher will concentrate on what are called high-frequency words – words that are occur commonly and are key to understanding simple text. Schools in the UK teach 45 high-frequency words ...

But between the ages of around two and five, the number of words they know absolutely rockets, and they'll start sticking them all together into sentences like 'we go to the park'. All kids learn ...

Learning a new language can be tricky, but how many words do you need to know before you can actually get by in a foreign tongue? That was the question posed to BBC Radio 4's More or Less ...

Cats can associate human words with images—possibly better than human babies—new research out of Japan reveals.

Some words can be more difficult to learn to spell than others. It's important to practise reading and spelling these tricky words so you get them right. You need to practice reading these tricky ...

She said, “I was very surprised, because that meant cats were able to eavesdrop on human conversations and understand words without any special reward-based training.” Previou ...

Targeted memory reactivation improved memory performance of easy-to-learn words, but had no effect of difficult-to-learn words, which suggests a critical role of word learning difficulty in sleep ...