Play to learn
Electronic Arts has announced that its casual game portal subsidiary Pogo is moving rapidly to expand across Europe, with a new German language service, new reward services for UK users, and a French language version expected in the coming months.
As of today, European casual gamers can log on to Pogo to play the […]
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Neurogenesis
Boost your brain… use your brawn by/from Telegraph Media Group telepraph.co.uk-Exercise appears to directly affect a region of the hippocampus, the area of the brain concerned with memory and learning, called the dentate gyrus, one of the few areas of the brain where neurogenesis - the creation of nerve cells - takes place. Building up […]
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Omega- 3 and learning
Clinical trial boosts omega-3’s ADHD benefit claims by Stephen Daniells - Omega-3 supplementation of children with learning and behavioural problems led to significant improvements, adding important data to this high profile subject. A number of studies have reported similar results and this led to calls by some for omega-3 supplementation of school […]
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music and language learning
Receiving musical training early in life enhances long-term language learning- The Daily Northwestern By Day Greenberg-Musical training in adults and improves the mind’s ability to decipher sound, a new study published by Northwestern researchers found.
“Musical experience improves the brain’s ability to make sense out of the information it gets from your ear,” […]
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Street learning
Learning from foreigners on the streets Source: Tuoi Tre-VietNamNet Bridge – Rather than restrict themselves to learning foreign languages at language centres, many young people choose a more “amateur” form of training: learn from foreigners at roadside teashops, on the streets and tours. Improving English on the streets “I love traveling very much, so […]
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French in the world
French language alive and kicking by/from Jeffery Simpson ChronicleHerald-Vive le francais- According to Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow, the language is alive and flourishing. “English Canadians — and actually all English speakers — are probably most surprised to hear that, far from declining, French is thriving,” Barlow said in a recent e-mail […]
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Matrix and language learning
The Practical Linguist / Get your mind in the mood for languages by/from Marshall R. Childs Special to The Daily Yomiuri
Many people believe that human beings have a “critical period” during which they can learn languages with ease, and after which they cannot. The critical period is a matter of scholarly controversy […]
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Songs for learning languages
It’s easy and effective. Your brain will remember words that are embedded in music easier. As with anything you will take away a percentage of what you learn. For example, if you learn one song you might take away five words. Five words are a lot actually. Listening is painless and […]
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Language and pronunciation
Languages which are little spoken, such as Polish or Ukrainian, might be hard at first in terms of pronunciation, not because you are not good with languages but because the native speakers of these languages have never herd any non natives speak their language, therefore, their brains are not wired to understand non […]
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Diet and learning
You do not have to go crazy with this but in my own experience these are the things that make me perform better mentally. I am not a doctor and recommending these but they work for me. How I test this objectively? I play chess online. My rating will fluctuate by over 100 […]
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