| Danny Glover, the famous American actor,
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| | maximum amount possible of that foreign
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| once said that his new year's resolution
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| | language. If you understand more than 5%
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| was to learn French, because everyone he
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| | of what is going on in your class, go up
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| wants to speak with in West Africa speaks
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| | a level he said! If 95% seems
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| French. If you would like your fun new
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| | gooblety-gook to you, then that's perfect
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| year's resolution to be to learn a new
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| | he said! Take heart. It means you are
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| language, then there are quite a few
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| | soaking up as much of that foreign
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| different ways you can go about it.
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| | language as is humanly possible!
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| Perhaps you've been wanting to learn the
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| | According to Ellen Bialystok and Kenji
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| language of your Grandmother. Perhaps you
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| | Hakuta in the book "In Other Words",
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| would benefit from learning an official
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| | adults are more capable of learning a
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| language or unofficial second language of
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| | second language than most people assume.
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| your country, such as French in Canada or
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| | In the book "What's Going On In There",
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| Spanish in USA. Or Greek in Melbourne
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| | Lise Eliot explains how Noam Chomsky
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| Australia! Apparently the second largest
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| | discovered in the late 1950s that all of
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| Greek-speaking city in the world after
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| | the world's languages share the same
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| Athens, in terms of number of people who
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| | fundamental structure. He called it
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| speak Greek, is Melbourne Australia! Or
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| | "Universal Grammar". The language you
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| perhaps you feel like learning something
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| | already speak and the language you want
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| that feels exotic like Japanese or
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| | to learn both have sentences, grammar,
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| Swahili. One Saturday in November 2004,
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| | nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs,
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| the national Canadian newspaper the "The
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| | prepositions and conjunctions. You may
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| Globe and Mail" put its entire front page
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| | not be able to label those parts of your
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| in Chinese, explaining that with the
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| | speech, but your brain is applying those
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| globalization of jobs, Chinese will
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| | concepts to your speech every day, and
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| probably be a necessary business language
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| | has been doing so ever since you were a
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| of the future.
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| | baby. Experts believe that our brains
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| A fun way to start learning a new
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| | have specific language circuits, like a
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| language, especially if you're not a
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| | computer has specific circuitry to do
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| disciplined type of student, is to enrol
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| | certain tasks. If you can communicate in
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| in a language course. You meet other
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| | one language (and if you are reading
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| people in your class who have the same
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| | this, then obviously you can!), then you
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| language interest as you which is fun in
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| | have the necessary brain circuitry to
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| itself, you're being taught by a real
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| | communicate in any language.
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| teacher, and the once a week schedule of
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| | Which brings us to the subject of babies,
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| the classes means that you are practising
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| | kids and language. My father observed
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| your new language regularly and steadily.
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| | that French children must be very clever.
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| Local community centers offer these
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| | While English-speaking teenagers are
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| courses. Colleges, private language
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| | struggling with French in high school,
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| institutes and continuing education
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| | apparently French children are fluently
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| programs at university offer them. You
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| | speaking French right from toddlerhood!
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| may be lucky enough to have cultural
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| | (!!!)
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| organizations nearby that offer language
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| | Language courses for children exist in
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| courses. For instance, a local immigrant
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| | our communities, particularly in
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| organization in my town offers courses in
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| | communities that have vibrant ethnic
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| Swahili, a language spoken in many east
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| | members. Fun but academically serious
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| African countries. Downtown, a cultural
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| | Saturday language classes for children
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| organization funded by France called
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| | are very popular among immigrant
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| Alliance Française, offers French
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| | families. They are created so that
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| courses. A nearby Saturday Chinese school
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| | children can learn the language and
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| offers courses in Mandarin Chinese for
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| | culture of the old country that their
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| both adults and children, and it's quite
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| | ancestors came from, and they usually
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| encouraging to see Cantonese-speaking
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| | embrace the participation of other
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| adults there having as much trouble
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| | children from outside their culture. So
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| pronouncing Mandarin as the non-Chinese
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| | if you want your child to get a head
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| adults!
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| | start in a foreign language, to reap the
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| If you can't get away to a class, then
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| | IQ benefits of being multilingual, and to
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| there are lots of language courses you
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| | share and practise with you while you
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| can study at home: books, audio
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| | also learn a foreign language, enrol them
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| cassettes, video cassettes, DVDs, music,
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| | in Saturday school for Chinese, Italian,
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| interactive computer software, and online
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| | Greek, Croatian or whatever language
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| courses on the Internet. Your local
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| | school you find available for kids.
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| library probably has language learning
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| | As with adults, lots of multimedia
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| resources that you can borrow, if you
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| | resources are available for teaching
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| don't want to start off the year with the
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| | foreign languages to children. The latest
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| expense of buying these materials. When
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| | craze is language videos for babies!
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| studying on your own in this way, try to
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| | Small children find these videos very
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| devote 10 minutes every day to a bit of
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| | entertaining and love to watch them. Some
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| study or revision, instead of doing 1
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| | well-known titles include Bilingual Baby
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| hour one day but then not finding the
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| | and Lyric Language. On the Internet,
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| time to look at it again for a couple of
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| | offers fun free games for babies and
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| months. With 10 minutes of study each
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| | preschoolers to learn Spanish and French.
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| day, you probably won't feel like you are
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| | Have you ever thought of learning Sign
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| making progress because the progress is
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| | Language? American Sign Language (or ASL)
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| so gradual. However, the progress will
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| | is the first language of half a million
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| also be steady, and in 3 months time when
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| | people in the United States and Canada,
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| you look back on how much you have
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| | and is probably the third most used
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| learned, you'll probably impress
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| | language in USA. Dr Bill Vicars at the
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| yourself.
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| | ASL University at tells us that many
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| To get you started learning your new
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| | deaf people cherish and enjoy their
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| language in the next 5 minutes, here are
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| | language and deaf culture so much that
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| some links to free online courses - On
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| | given the chance to hear, they'd rather
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| the BBC website, you will find free
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| | remain deaf so as to remain part of their
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| online courses for French, Spanish,
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| | culture. On that website you can find a
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| German, Italian, Greek, Portuguese and
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| | free online ASL course and visual
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| Mandarin Chinese. And also for Scottish
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| | dictionary.
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| Gaelic, Welsh, Irish and English, and
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| | The benefits of hearing babies and
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| links to British Sign Language. - The
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| | toddlers learning sign language are very
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| Word2Word website contains links to free
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| | exciting. The research of the past decade
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| language courses all over the Internet.
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| | has shown that hearing infants that learn
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| As of January 2005, it has links for 114
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| | sign language learn to speak verbally
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| languages, from Abenaki, Albanian and
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| | earlier, have higher IQs, have less
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| Arabic, to Urdu, Vietnamese and Xhosa. In
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| | tantrums during the terrible twos because
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| all, there are 288 links to online
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| | they can communicate their needs, and are
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| courses. So whether you want to learn
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| | generally happier! There is now quite a
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| Cree, Croatian or Korean, hopefully
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| | choice of entertaining videos for small
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| you'll find a free course for the
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| | children that are very effective at
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| language you want here.
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| | teaching kids signs, such as the Signing
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| A great way to learn and practise another
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| | Time videos at and the We Sign videos
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| language is "language immersion" - being
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| | that you can preview at In some areas,
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| surrounded by people who speak that
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| | it's possible for children to take
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| language and you having to get things
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| | signing classes such as those of or to
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| done in that language environment. A
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| | join reverse integration kindergarten at
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| holiday in a foreign country is a very
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| | deaf organizations or signing playgroups.
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| interesting and fun "language immersion"
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| | Have fun carrying out your new year's
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| opportunity. People amaze themselves,
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| | resolution of learning a new language.
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| speaking words in a foreign tongue that
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| | Find some music in your target language
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| they didn't realize they knew, when they
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| | that is in a music style that you enjoy
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| have to function in a foreign language
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| | and has the words to the songs. Robert
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| environment. Closer to home, local
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| | Fisher in the book "Head Start" explains
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| immigrant community events may be able to
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| | that there is a link between music and
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| provide you with a language immersion
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| | remembering language. He reports that the
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| environment without the expense of
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| | Ancient Greeks would listen to the whole
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| travel.
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| | of the Iliad chanted to soft lyre music,
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| My Japanese teacher told us that if you
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| | and this allowed many people to be able
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| understand more than 5% of what is being
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| | to remember long passages from the Iliad.
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| said in a foreign language, then you are
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| | Have fun! ¡Diviértase! Amusez-vous
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| not at the optimum level for learning the
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| | bien!
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