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Lucy Gray

Bilingual babies' vocabulary linked to early brain differentiation - 3 views

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shared by Lucy Gray on 04 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Kuhl's previous studies show that between 8 and 10 months of age, monolingual babies become increasingly able to distinguish speech sounds of their native language, while at the same time their ability to distinguish sounds from a foreign language declines.
  • almost nothing is known about how bilingual babies do this for two languages. Knowing how experience sculpts the brain will tell us something that goes way beyond language development.
  • the bilingual brain remains flexible to languages for a longer period of time, possibly because bilingual infants are exposed to a greater variety of speech sounds at home.
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  • This difference in development suggests that the bilingual babies "may have a different timetable for neurally committing to a language" compared with monolingual babies
  • "When the brain is exposed to two languages rather than only one, the most adaptive response is to stay open longer before showing the perceptual narrowing that monolingual infants typically show at the end of the first year of life," Garcia-Sierra said.
  • the size of the bilingual children's vocabulary was associated with the strength of their brain responses in discriminating languages at 10-12 months of age.
  • The researchers say the best way for children to learn a second language is through social interactions and daily exposure to the language.
Beth Worthy

Spanish Speakers: Errors to Avoid While Learning English - 1 views

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English English pronunciations Learn English Learn Spanish to English learning vocabulary Spanish Spanish Speakers Spanish to English

shared by Beth Worthy on 03 Mar 15 - No Cached
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  • Beth Worthy on 03 Mar 15
     
    Learn what are the basic difference between English and Spanish that makes the both languages diverse and the problems which Spanish speakers generally faced while speaking English?
  • Beth Worthy on 03 Mar 15
     
    Learn what are the basic difference between English and Spanish that makes the both languages diverse and the problems which Spanish speakers generally faced while speaking English?
Lucy Gray

Flexibility/Languages - 2 views

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shared by Lucy Gray on 14 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 14 Sep 10
     
    From the P21 21st Century Skills Site: How Can Flexibility and Adaptability Skills Support Multiple Language Learning at the K-5 level?
Lucy Gray

Language Journeys: A Kid's Tour of Latin Music through Google Maps - 6 views

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shared by Lucy Gray on 14 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 14 Sep 10
     
    Fantastic application of google maps for world languages.
Linda Nitsche

Video Gallery - 0 views

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shared by Linda Nitsche on 01 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Linda Nitsche on 01 Mar 09
     
    These 17 student-made videos are the product of a three-week digital storytelling initiative in rural Senegal. The students worked in pairs, with one student in front of the camera and the other acting as director. he result is a fascinatingly candid look into village life, a perspective that could only be filmed by a local. The students' narrations are in French, Senegal's official national language. English subtitles are provided.
Lucy Gray

Summer PD: New Teacher Boot Camp Week 4 - Using Wetoku | Edutopia - 2 views

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shared by Lucy Gray on 28 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Erin McCloskey on 28 Jul 11
     
    Dave Dodgson, who teaches English as a foreign language to elementary-school students in Turkey, has students use the web-based tool Wetoku to create split-screen video interviews. In this blog post, Dodgson shares a project in which his students used the tool to record, present and archive an interview related to the study of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." The tool allowed them valuable practice in speaking and listening in their non-native language.
Elizabeth Crawford

One Globe Kids - 1 views

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global education culture app

shared by Elizabeth Crawford on 02 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Elizabeth Crawford on 02 Oct 15
     
    One Globe Kids lets students meet new friends online or on their iPad or iPhone. The free Globe Smart Education app presents memorable daily-life stories from youth around the world to help children in kindergarten through grade 5 gain cultural understanding, learn about other countries, and make comparisons to their own lives. The stories reflect the lives of children in Israel, Palestine, The Netherlands, Norway, Haiti, Indonesia, New York City, Burundi, and more. Students can visit Valdo in Haiti right away and then travel the world via in-app purchases ranging from $1.99 to $15.99, per friend. Real stories from around the globe are told child to child, with full-color photographs and narration. Students can record themselves speaking and counting in their friend's language. They can choose an "Adventure" story and decide how they want to interact with their new friends, and they can record a conversation with the "Tell me about yourself" feature. Students also learn interesting facts about each country they visit and enhance their knowledge of geography by putting themselves and their friends and family on the globe and seeing where they are in relation to their new friends. The Globe Smart Education app also includes in-depth teaching supports that will get students moving and thinking.
Lucy Gray

United_Sounds group on SoundCloud - he largest collection of audio recordings of the UN... - 7 views

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shared by Lucy Gray on 30 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Lucy Gray on 30 Oct 11
     
    United_Sounds With translations in 370+ languages, building the largest collection of audio recordings of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Right
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