Are some languages more difficult than others?

Prof Antonella Sorace answers Maria Júlia, aged 14, from São Lourenço, Brazil on whether some languages can be harder to learn than others in this article for The Conversation.

Prof. Itziar Laka en la Semana de la Ciencia

En el marco de la Semana de la Ciencia y en colaboración con BM Madrid, la profesora Itziar Laka, catedrática en el departamento de Lingüística y Estudios Vascos y directora del grupo de investigación La Mente Bilingüe en la Universidad del País Vasco aborda en la charla 'Lenguaje y Lenguas' la cuestión de si las lenguas se procesan del mismo modo, utilizando mecanismos compartidos, o si los hablantes recurren a distintas estrategias de procesamiento dependiendo de las propiedades de la lengua que usan.

Bilingualism and Sign Languages - A new episode of Bilinguismo Conta @Milano-Bicocca Newsletter is out!

Bilinguismo Conta @Milano-Bicocca has published a new Newsletter, entitled "Bilinguismo e Lingue dei Segni" ("Bilingualism and Sign Languages").

Childhood - the country of mother language

Mother tongue is the language caregivers talk, sing, and teach it to their new-born. We go to school; we learn to read and write, and we refine our mother tongue through hours of study. It is part of our identity and our belonging to the community.
How about living in a country where you have three official languages?