vrijdag 16 januari 2015
Een recent onderzoek toonde aan dat taalleren net zo plezierig kan zijn als gokken, chocolade en seks. Hoe zit dat? Taalwetenschapper Pablo van Suchtelen laat taalverslaafde collega’s en een hersenonderzoeker aan het woord. “Rare regels zijn opwindender dan woordjes.”
Illustration by Matt Murphy
For decades, the idea of a language instinct has dominated linguistics. It is simple, powerful and completely wrong.
Steinway & Sons Grand Piano Iron Plates and Strings. Credit: David Maiolo / Wikipedia. Music training has well-known benefits for the developing brain, especially for at-risk children. But youngsters who sit passively in a music class may be missing out, according to new Northwestern University research. In a study designed to test whether the level of engagement matters, researchers...
Dalila Kerchouche | Le 18 novembre 2008, Interview du linguiste Claude Hagège Invoquant la réceptivité et la spontanéité des petits, le linguiste Claude Hagège, recommande, à l’instar de nos voisins européens, un enseignement précoce des langues à l‘école. Polyglotte d’exception, il défend la diversité culturelle, un véritable enjeu d’avenir des enfants. Madame Figaro....
Free University of Bozen - Bolzano - 07.03.2013 "Il plurilinguismo è come le mele: fa bene alla salute. E in Alto Adige siamo ricchi dell'una e dell'altra cosa". Così la professoressa Rita Franceschini ha sintetizzato i risultati di un progetto di ricerca secondo il quale i bambini plurilingui sono avvantaggiati dal punto di vista cognitivo rispetto ai coetanei monolingui. Alla ricerca...
The New York Times, by Douglas Quenqua, October 16th 2014 It has been nearly 20 years since a landmark education study found that by age 3, children from low-income families have heard 30 million fewer words than more affluent children, putting them at an educational disadvantage before they even began school. The findings led to increased calls for publicly funded prekindergarten programs...
Christine Metz Howard, Medical Press With enough practice, some learners of a second language can process their new language as well as native speakers, research at the University of Kansas shows. Using brain imaging, a trio of KU researchers was able to examine to the millisecond how the brain processes a second language. They then compared their findings with their previous results for...
Copyright © 2013 AlliedhealtH www.santelog.com Actualité publiée le 29-07-2014 PLoS ONE Le plus tôt sera le mieux. Apprendre une seconde langue, le plus tôt possible, serait l’idéal, confirme cette étude du Massachusetts Institute of Technology qui confirme l’incroyable capacité à percevoir et retenir des nuances subtiles de la langue qui échappent souvent aux adultes. Ses...
Taal zit in onze genen en ons brein, vormt onze gedachten en cultuur. Hoe doet taal dat? Welke taaleigenschappen delen alle mensen ter wereld en hoe verschillen we? Allemaal grote vragen zonder antwoorden. Neurowetenschapper Peter Hagoort verzamelde het grootste leger aan taalonderzoekers ter wereld, en wil deze mysteries de komende tien jaar gaan ontrafelen. Kennislink gaat verslag doen van...
The Guardian 20 juin 2014
Avec une approche différente, des cours de langue pour les élèves en éducation peuvent être inclusive, passionnante et pertinente.
Adapter les leçons de façon qu'elles intègrent plus d'aspects visuels et auditifs pourrait aider lors de l'enseignement des langues aux jeunes ayant des difficultés d'apprentissage.
30/07/2014, La Repubblica
L'abitudine allo studio di altre materie è ininfluente: la sensibilità uditiva a suoni stranieri diminuisce con il passare degli anni.
Inglese, francese, tedesco non fa differenza. Se si inizia in età adulta, o anche solo alle scuole superiori, imparare una lingua straniera è un'impresa dura.
The Guardian 8 July 2014 Why learn a second language if everyone speaks English? To better understand a culture, or boost your employability in the global economy, finds a Guardian roundtable. Club football managers talk to players in it, scientific researchers email each other in it, global businesses negotiate in it. When even the European Central Bank chooses English as its main language,...
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