November 26, 2007at 11:39 am
· Filed under General language learning
TV is often said to a great way to learn a foreign language
Parents often put children trying to learn a foreign language in front of the TV. However, because TV images are not concrete it is known that this does not always help children learn a foreign language. However, the same can be said […]
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October 14, 2007at 1:32 pm
· Filed under Being bilingual, Children, babies and language, General language learning
Gesture reflects or body language language development: Evidence from bilingual children
Using hand gestures to help you in expressing yourself was seen as a sign of weak verbal or language development. A substitution for verbal fluency. However, the work on Elena Nicoladis Department of Psychology University of Alberta indicates the contrary. Children who used more hand gestures and […]
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Tags: bilingual, body-language, children, hand gestures, How to learn a language, language, techniques to learn a language, verbal
October 2, 2007at 2:13 pm
· Filed under Children, babies and language, Games and Language learning, General language learning
Playing with blocks helps children build language abilities
If you liked playing with blocks when you were a child, you are in luck, chances are your linguistic ability was improved.
A University of Washington, Seattle study has shown that language skill in children who played with blocks, were 15% higher than those who did not. This is actually […]
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October 2, 2007at 8:18 am
· Filed under Brain and language learning, Children, babies and language, General language learning
Phonetic ability connected to a child’s first language
If you spoke Polish as a child your phonetic language ability is amazing, when it comes to pronouncing other languages because of the richness of the Polish language. However, you might have trouble with ‘A’ or ‘O’ or even more the sound “th” because it is not really […]
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September 24, 2007at 12:33 pm
· Filed under Being bilingual, Children, babies and language, General language learning, Music and language learning
Where do babies get words
Babies learn from their parents not from TV
Babies learn from their parents not from TV. In fact some accelerated DVD language learning for slows babies progress. DVDs are good for children and great for adults but for babies, they respond really only to real live humans, in other words, their parents. […]
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September 23, 2007at 10:22 am
· Filed under Brain and language learning, Children, babies and language, General language learning
Words herd by a baby
By the time a baby is 10 months old, he or she typically will have heard about a million sentences and many millions more words.
Behind the baby ’s gurgles and blinks and chuckles and burps, an amazing change is occurring virtually unseen. A little brain is whirring, picking out, processing and […]
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