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Can Language DVDs teach Babies? A Closer look

The short answer is yes, simply because language DVDs make babies process audio information coupled with visual information either passively or actively. This process in turn influences the phoneme differentiation (which naturally deteriorates after 8 months of age) and increases familiarity with different sounds. When children pay attention to the material, they acquire receptive or expressive […]

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Conflict in Mixed Families and Conflict Resolution with Foreign Partners

How to deal with conflict in mixed marriages •Don’t give examples from your own country •Apologize even if it means you’ll lose the face •Never use generalizations about his/her country/culture/family even if he/she previously accepted that (e.g. we,…s usually are not punctual) •Don’t touch and don’t get so close, different cultures have different use of proximity •Check

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Bilingual Kids Differentiate Languages

According to Kansas University psychologist Michael Vivevitch, bilinguals do not confuse the languages they speak mostly because each language has a unique sound neighboring system. In other words, just like human DNA where A, T, G, C have an identifying order, the sounds that follow each other in Spanish and English are different. Thus, bilinguals

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Language learning process of children

Birth: Early crying, babies’ attempt to communicate 5 months: Cooing, making sounds like ga-ga, gu-gu 1st birthday: a few words like doggie, milk, dada 18 months~24 months: 2-word phrases such as eat now or baby cry 2 years~: Acquisition of about 200 new words a month 2.5 years: 3-word sentences such as no want carrots

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Do Baby Signs Programs (Sign Language) Make Smarter Babies?

To investigate the question of whether baby signs programs help children acquire language earlier or advance their cognitive development, in 2003 researchers J. C. Johnston and colleagues examined seventeen recent studies of baby signing. Johnston found that the studies did not support the big claims made by the infancy industry, that baby signs help make

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Do children learn languages faster than adults?

At Dino Lingo, we get this question quite often… Contrary to the common belief, children cannot acquire foreign languages in a shorter time span compared with older learners. This is just a myth since most people compare kids from immigrant families with their parents without keeping in mind that these children experience a higher level

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How to Teach Toddlers and Infants a Language

Creating Good Language Learning Environments for Very Young Children (Ages 0–2) (p. 63) • Direct lots of rich, meaningful speech toward your child from birth. • Encourage friends, relatives, babysitters, siblings, and other visitors to speak and play with your child in the second language. • Engage in interactions that pique your child’s interests—for example, by

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Communication in Mixed Families: How to Communicate with A Foreign Partner

•Both partners should be more interested in giving than receiving. •There should be at least one language in which both partners are fluent. •Partners should never “assume” anything just because it’s common sense in their own culture. Online lessons for kids: dinolingo.com

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What to do when children reject to speak in the 2nd language

What to do when children reject to speak in the 2nd language (e.g. Spanish) Cases that worked (from Bilingual Edge p. 244-245) “• Anna (mother of Javier, age five): “We’ve had the most success using reverse psychology. Javier is super strong-willed and it’s actually helped at times to say to him something like ‘Spanish is

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How to say ”Nice to meet you” in different languages

Finnish – Hauska tutustua Danish – Rart at møde dig Hebrew – נחמד לפגוש אותך Dutch – leuk je te ontmoeten French – Ravie de vous rencontrer Turkish – Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum Arabic – نيس لمقابلتك Czech – Těší mě Chinese – 很高兴认识你 – Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ Italian – piacere di conoscerti Polish – miło cię poznać Bulgarian – khubavo e da se zapoznaem – хубаво е да

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Problems Children Face in Mixed Families: Intermarrying and Children

•Children do not really know their grandparents ancestors. •Family members, such as grandparents and cousins, are not able to communicate well with the children (TCK). •One side of the family does not celebrate host culture’s holidays and observe its traditions. •One side of the family has to explain jokes and/or ask for them to be

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How to Raise a Bilingual Child: The Key to a Happy Bilingual Family

So far there has been quite amount of literature on second language acquisition in bilingual families. In the past there was a widely held belief that learning a second language during very early childhood might cause speech delay or cause some mental impairments. After hundreds of scientific studies these both notions were proved to be

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Top Ten Reasons Why Speaking Two Languages Is so Cool

Top Ten Reasons Why Speaking Two Languages Is Cool 10. I can have private conversations in my second language. 9. When I told (friend, teacher, neighbor) that I speak two languages, s/he was thrilled/very impressed. 8. I can meet more people from around the world (list of potential places where your child can meet people

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Types of bilingual education

TYPES OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION “Maintenance bilingual education: These programs are to help children become both and biliterate. In the United States, students in such programs typically speak a language other than English at home. Transitional bilingual education: These programs aim to help children transition from their native language for example, Spanish, Cambodian, Portuguese, Arabic) to

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Say ‘How are you?’ in different languages

Arabic – كيف حالك Turkish – Nasılsın Bulgarian – как си – kak si Japanese – お元気ですか – Ogenkidesuka Chinese – 怎么是你 – Zěnme shì nǐ Hebrew – מה שלומך Korean – 어떻게 지내 – eotteohge jinae Czech – Jak se máš Norwegian – hvordan har du Danish – Hvordan har du det Portuguese – COMO VOCÊ Dutch – Hoe gaat het Polish – Jak się masz French – Comment allez-vous Russian

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When did the dinosaurs become extinct?

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for about 165 million years, and they became extinct about 65 million years ago. It is quite difficult to comprehend these ancient dates and large numbers and so we decided to take a look at these figures in a different way. Let’s imagine that Dinosaur’s lived on earth for one calendar

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30+ Reasons Learning a Second Language is Good

1 A child’s brain has a higher number of synapses (compared with an adult brain) and greater plasticity. This means children naturally can learn languages better than adults.2 A study which assessed math and language scores of 2 groups (1 group studied 30 minutes of Spanish for 1 semester and the other comparable group did

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20 Reasons Why Marrying a Foreigner is a Good Choice

Enjoy different dishes all the time When your partner is a foreigner of course he/she will cook for you (at least occasionally) and you’ll get to eat the real food from that real cuisine. It’s not like going to an ethnic restaurant in your country where the food is adjusted to and mixed with the

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How to Create a Good Language Learning Environments

How to Create a Good Language Learning Environments for Preschoolers • Have fun integrating the language as a part of your daily routines. For example, sing morning songs in the language, play alphabet, and counting games, guessing games, and have a word of the day.• Read stories to your child in the language. Keep these

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Marry a foreigner: Why Some people Don’t Want to Marry a Foreigner

Since many activities in marriage are joint, such as the raising of children, the purchase of a house and other consumer durables, and the spending of leisure time, dissimilarity in taste would complicate these shared activities. People prefer to marry someone who has similar cultural resources because this enables them to develop a common life-

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How to be Positive by Martin Seligman

Strategies for enhancing happiness Relationships Mate with someone similar, communicate kindly and clearly and forgive faults Maintain contact with your extended family Maintain a few close friendships Co-operate with acquaintances Engage in religious or spiritual practices Environment Secure physical and financial safety and comfort for yourself and your family, but don’t get on the

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Bilinguals see the world in a different way

ScienceDaily (2011-03-15) — Scientists have found that regularly speaking in a second language makes you literally see the world in a different way. Color perception is an ideal way of testing bilingual concepts because there is a huge variation between where different languages place boundaries on the color spectrum. Online lessons for kids: dinolingo.com

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Does it help to talking seriously with children?

How adults talk to children aged 3 to 6 years during conversations has a major influence on their language acquisition. Those who address children as fully-fledged conversation partners lay an early basis for the development of ‘academic language’, says a Dutch researcher. Online lessons for kids: dinolingo.com

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Pros and Cons of a bilingual household

Is speaking a minority language (e,g, Spanish) at home is better or worse? King and Mackey mention a very interesting study which found that it’s almost better to speak the minority language at homeAfter comparing two groups (group 1: mixed families speaking Engish at home , group 2: mixed families speaking Spanish at home)

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