April 2, 2007 at 5:31 am
· Filed under Brain and language learning, General language learning, Motivation and language learning
Brain plasticiy
‘Plastic’ brain transforms itself by Lynda Hurst-For centuries, science regarded the human brain as a machine, with every component in its place, every task assigned. If a part was broken or worn out, that was that. It couldn’t be replaced: its function was permanently lost. That was also wrong. Injured or dysfunctional cells and [...]
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April 1, 2007 at 10:56 am
· Filed under General language learning, Off the topic of languages
Ancient languages
Classics ‘harm language learning’ by Julie Henry Sunday Telegraph-Lessons in Latin and Ancient Greek have been deemed detrimental to the learning of foreign languages in schools. A secret document sent to Government officials by the Dearing Languages Review, an influential inquiry into language teaching, reveals that Latin and Greek were excluded from the list [...]
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March 31, 2007 at 9:09 am
· Filed under Being bilingual, Children, babies and language, General language learning
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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March 30, 2007 at 8:02 am
· Filed under General language learning, Origin of languages
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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March 29, 2007 at 7:13 am
· Filed under Brain and language learning, General language learning
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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March 28, 2007 at 6:33 am
· Filed under How to learn a language
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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March 27, 2007 at 5:57 am
· Filed under How to learn a language
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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March 26, 2007 at 5:50 am
· Filed under General language learning, Learn Polish, Motivation and language learning
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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March 25, 2007 at 12:19 pm
· Filed under General language learning, Off the topic of languages
Elves and their language
What was the language of the Elves? It was created by Tolkien and contained elements of Finnish and Welsh and I think ancient old Norse. The primal Elf language was Quenya and Sindarin. Tolkien being a fan of philological studies was able to create a grammar and structure that people actually learned. [...]
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March 24, 2007 at 8:57 am
· Filed under General language learning, Motivation and language learning
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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