Listening: the key element to foreign language learning
I am so glad to find another person, Corey Heller of Multilingual Living, who is loudly telling language learners and teachers that listening is the main element to foreign language learning.
If more people listened...
Not learning languages reduced job prospects
The Telegraph article, Foreign languages are 'elitist' subjects, came out earlier this year in the UK showing that state jobs require foreign language knowledge while fewer school offer language classes. This means that more people...
Need an alarm clock to remember who you are? Music awakens our brains, “Music...
As I’ve written before, I wouldn’t have realized that there's a link between learning languages and music if it weren’t for Dr. Oliver Sacks.
Dr. Sacks’ books,(Musicophilia, The Mind’s Eye, etc.) have shown me and...
Older Students Learn Fake Language Rules Faster. What about real languages?
Although I agree with the premise of the research findings that adults can learn languages, and perhaps even faster than children, I don't like the way language acquisition is measured by creating an artificial...
Susanna’s interview on the Polygot Project Podcast
David Mansaray and Claude Cartaginese are doing a The Polyglot Project Podcast with interviews of language learners. It was an honor to talk to them about how I learned languages. I clarified how I...
Integrating parents in language education
New Haven schools get $1.3M for language studies; Chinese, Arabic to be expanded
By the New Haven Register
In Connecticut, the school systems is expanding its Chinese and Arabic language classes and including parents in the learning...
Human spirit is stronger than politics. Music feeds the spirit and teaches us languages..
Learning languages with music, preserving the Ladino languages with songs, CALA CNN, February 10, 2012
On Friday February 10, 2012, the CALA show on CNN interviewed Montserrat Franco and I in Spanish about how to...
Sensual Brazilian music —> Learn Portuguese
Luciana Lage of Street Smart Brazil and I have a video series on how to learn Portuguese via Brazilian songs.
Here is the introductory video where we explain the connection between listening, music and learning...
How deaf people can learn foreign languages with music
I often hear these excuses: "I have no ear for languages" or "I don't have any musical talent, so I can't learn a foreign language".
WRONG!
Here is a very short video I did on Spanish...
Dr. Oliver Sacks on language and music
My admiration for Dr. Oliver Sacks is no secret. He was just on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night talking about the effects of music on the brain. I am thrilled that he...
