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Tero Toivanen

English Verb Conjugation - 1 views

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English verb conjugation

shared by Tero Toivanen on 02 May 10 - Cached
  • Tero Toivanen on 02 May 10
     
    Englanninkielen verbien taivutussivu hakusanoilla.
Tero Toivanen

Languages smarten up your brain - Guardian Weekly - 1 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 14 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Now a study published by the European Commission reveals that learning an additional language such as English may bring benefits that go beyond the ability to use the language itself. This report has implications for why, when and how we teach and learn English as a second or foreign ­language.
  • One of the significant findings for English language teaching is that changes in the brain’s electrical activity may occur much earlier than previously thought.
  • this study suggests that changes in the brain may start even in the earlier stages of language learning.
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  • Another cluster concerns enhanced mental flexibility.
  • The benefits reported include enhanced capacity for learning whereby knowledge of languages can lead to superior memory function, especially short-term “working” memory.
  • Most of the advantages ­described support overall competence-building for life and work in modern, information-rich, internet environments.
  • Enhanced problem-solving capability is also reported.
  • Greater understanding of how language functions and is used to achieve specific goals in life acts as the fourth cluster.
  • Finally the study reports on research that links knowledge of languages to a slowdown of age-related mental diminishment such as certain forms of dementia.
  • The cognitive neurosciences stress the need for powerful learning environments, and yet not enough of our language education is spent encouraging learners to engage in higher-order thinking about meaningful content that fires up the brain.
  • Tero Toivanen on 14 Feb 10
     
    Most people learn languages to help them communicate. Now a study of recent research into brain function reveals that students could be gaining a lot more from their pursuit of linguistic skills, says David Marsh
Tarmo Toikkanen

Listen and Write - Dictation - 0 views

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shared by Tarmo Toikkanen on 25 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Tarmo Toikkanen on 25 Sep 09
     
    Improve your listening skills and hear about the news. Listen-and-write.com is free listening practice.
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