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Gratitude (50) I am grateful for the opportunity to learn other languages.
21/100 Possibilities~ 100 Possibilities Project set
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Learn a language in 2009 and improve your brain
By Anastasia Pryanikova
As a linguist by training, I have always liked learning new languages. In fact, English is not my native language, Russian is. I started truly learning English when I was in high school and added a few more languages later while studying linguistics. After reading "The Bilingual Brain" in the Society for Neuroscience Brain Briefings, I am considering adding a new language to my 2009 resolutions:
"Parlez vous francais? Sprechen Sie Deutsches? Hablas español? If so, and you also speak English (or any other language), your brain may have developed some distinct advantages over your monolingual peers. New research into the neurobiology of bilingualism has found that being fluent in two languages, particularly from early childhood, not only enhances a person’s ability to concentrate, but might also protect against the onset of dementia and other age-related cognitive decline."
Those who start learning languages at an early age benefit the most.
"In fact, being bilingual may give children an advantage at school. Bilingual preschoolers have been found to be better able than their monolingual peers at focusing on a task while tuning out distractions. A similar enhanced ability to concentrate—a sign of a well-functioning working memory—has been found in bilingual adults, particularly those who became fluent in two languages at an early age. It may be that managing two languages helps the brain sharpen—and retain—its ability to focus while ignoring irrelevant information."
. . . Adults benefit from learning languages as well. There are many misconceptions surrounding adult language learning, especially about the "critical period" hypothesis that argues that the brain is too rigid to learn after puberty, making second language acquisition more difficult for adults. Current neuroscience research into the competitive nature of brain plasticity offers a different explanation. The skills we practice compete for our brain map space. In his book "The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science," Norman Doidge writes:
"As we age, the more we use our native language, the more it comes to dominate our linguistic map space. Thus it is also because our brain is plastic—and because plasticity is competitive—that it is so hard to learn a new language and end the tyranny of the mother tongue. But why, if this is true, is it easier to learn a second language when we are young? Is there not competition then too? Not really. If two languages are learned at the same time, during the critical period, both get a foothold. Brain scans, says Merzenich, show that in a bilingual child all the sounds of its two languages share a single large map, a library of sounds from both languages."
This can also explain why learning a language as an adult is quite possible and much easier if you immerse yourself in the environment where that language is spoken, or if you otherwise have a strong need or desire to learn it, for example, when your close friends, your spouse, or your co-workers speak a different language. If you put enough attention into it, it will happen. It is, to a large extent, an issue of priorities, time, and motivation.
What language are you learning this year?
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3739690.stm
Learning languages 'boosts brain'
Researchers from University College London studied the brains of 105 people - 80 of whom were bilingual. They found learning other languages altered grey matter - the area of the brain which processes information - in the same way exercise builds muscles.
People who learned a second language at a younger age were also more likely to have more advanced grey matter than those who learned later, the team said.
Scientists already know the brain has the ability to change its structure as a result of stimulation - an effect known as plasticity - but this research demonstrates how learning languages develops it.
The team took scans of 25 Britons who did not speak a second language, 25 people who had learned another European language before the age of five and 33 bilinguals who had learned a second language between 10 and 15 years old. The scans revealed the density of the grey matter in the left inferior parietal cortex of the brain was greater in bilinguals than in those without a second language. The effect was particularly noticeable in the "early" bilinguals, the findings published in the journal Nature revealed.
For the learning challenge. I FINALLY caved. ;) Printed off the free "Friendship Definition" digi kit found at 2 peas: www.twopeasinabucket.com/shop/hero-arts/83717-digikit-ha-.... Used it in 2 sizes. Larger for the strip and a smaller size to use with the MS 3 Butterflies punch. Also used Line and Flower DB stamp with Versamark on thee background but it's hard to see in the picture. Notecard, gems and felt flower all HA.
Into the distance a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses real
A fatal attraction holding me fast how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?
(...)
A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
(...)
(Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd)
Ericeira - Foz do Lizandro... ontem à tarde...
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Tom Stevens, a disabled United States Air Force veteran, discusses learning through overcoming substance use and abuse in his talk "Learning from Addiction: So Hard to Change."
TEDxPioneerValley, an independently organized event licensed by TED, explores learning that takes place in unexpected ways, cracking open traditional notions of how learning happens. The day-long conference at Amherst College Jan. 21, 2012, is presented in collaboration with the Holyoke Community College Adult Learning Center, Amherst College, Smith College and Mount Holyoke College.
Photo by Samuel Masinter
142071 passing Malton on 11th February 2020 on a Northern route learning trip '5T16 1510 Scarborough to York'.
There’s more to language learning than picking up dates in a foreign country. We investigated some of the craziest methods of adult language education out there.
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Photo by Jess Ivy
Only a small part of my desire to fall off the planet is the fact that I am indeed learning to drive. While I am slowly becoming more comfortable with my level of control, on the whole I still find it intimidating and nerve wracking. And I haven't even gone to some of the busier parts of town yet. Today I ran into several imaginary cars because parking does not seem to be my strong suit. I have, however, survived a somewhat long journey on the interstate for a trip that preceded my falling off the planet.
WH - Wheels
WEEK 31 – Old-School BAM, Lexington, SC
Because teaching your toddler the history of One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer is just as important as that of the Underground Railroad and King Tut. (By the same token, I'm not quite sure why Dolly Parton and J.K. Rowling are a part of this series...)
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These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
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Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
am Kelly Dumont from Canyons School District in Sandy, Utah.
This is my primary learning space as others share their thoughts and ideas online.
Kelly
Interested in learning? Have a look at the presentation of George Siemens: www.icwe.net/oeb_special/downloads/siemens/presentation2/...
Please cite as:
Blake, A., & Doherty, I. (2007). An instructional design course for clinical educators: First iteration design research reflections. Journal of Learning Design, 2(2), 83-104.
Available: www.jld.qut.edu.au/publications/vol2no2/documents/Blakean...
Had a pretty much learning process this week . Now need focus on photo editing and need more to learn .
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