Babies and languages
For baby, the more languages, the better Landmark research reveals multilingual upbringings benefit babies by Robert Bazell NBC’s Nightly news-Babies’ brains develop differently in bilingual environments. Recent studies show that babies who learn two or more languages at once actually perform better at certain tasks — mental dexterity brought on by a bilingual […]
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Connection between Native Americans and Old Norse
600-year-old American Indian historical account has Old Norse words by Larry Stroud from Guard-Two experts on ancient America may have solved not only the mysterious disappearance of Norse from the Western Settlement of Greenland in the 1300s, but also are deciphering Delaware (Lenape) Indian history, which they’re finding is […]
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Your memory and the world
Aspects of language by Doug Hermann-Tribune-Star Anthropologists hold that groups of people who speak different languages are members of different cultures. A person’s language has been shown to affect memory. To begin with, a person’s language affects short-term memory performance. People who speak languages that use predominantly long words, such as […]
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Learn a trick or how to learn a language with a partner
One extension of the idea described as the “hat trick” is placing a hat or basket near the entrance of a particular room of your house. Every time you walk past this basket you have to pull out a word and test yourself. If […]
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Hat trick for learning
How do you really learn words in a foreign language? If want to learn vocabulary with a friend or even alone a very good technique is what I call the ‘hat trick’. Everyday fill a hat with the words you learned that day. On each mini flashcard write the vocabulary word or […]
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Learning as adult or as a child
My parents could speak Polish and Ukrainian. I was only taught English, as in the 1960s it was important in America to learn English and fit in. I often have regretted not learning at least one of these languages. However, the reality is every one of my parent’s five […]
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Elves and their language
‘Ring’ enthusiasts celebrate Tolkien by Ethan Gilsdorf / New York Times-Despite the growth in the ranks of J.R.R. Tolkien enthusiasts since the “Lord of the Rings” films put his fantasy world of Middle-earth on screen, Tolkien’s most avid admirers still risk being labeled geeks. But wearing elf ears or not, they are […]
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Autisic Savant learns a language in a week
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Amy Kroin- Daniel Tammet is a man of many talents. He can learn foreign languages — even notoriously tricky ones like Icelandic — in a week. He can solve intricate mathematical equations in less […]
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A new way to learn grammar and Vocabulary
Learning languages does not need to be done with mnemonics or other special techniques, however, if you can apply some meaning or association to learning you will remember the vocabulary and grammar better. The is a basic learning technique that can be applied to any subject from foreign […]
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Meditation and langauage learning
Are you looking for the next new thing to learn languages? Try one of the oldest and easiest methods. Relax.
Meditation ‘fools the brain’ in a threatening world By R J Ignelzi-Thanks to cutting-edge technologies like functional MRI scans, neuroscientists can look inside the brain to see if meditation actually produces physical change. Although […]
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