Music and languages
Music have a lot in common with languages. Language like music is rhythmic. Your brain will learn by a mnemonic, simply the rhythm of the language.
Music and languages a personal experience
-A personal experience with rhythm and how it is connected to music and language learning-
About 15 years ago I had bleeding in my brain, a brain lesion, which affected my memory. While being tested for memory, the tester read a sequence of random number. I could remember 5. Which is 2 digits bellow the average of 7 for short term memory, as I was having memory problems. However, when the tester read in reverse I could remember 14 digits. Which is really almost impossible for short term memory. The way I did it is I listened to the rhythm of the testers voice. The tester had a very up down animated voice. When I did this the numbers were like a song. The take away from this is learning languages with music is a great way. Not only do you have a fun song to listen to but you can mnemonically attach the words to the melody.
Tags: language-learning, memory, mnemonics, music
4 responses to Music and languages a personal experience
Can you recommend any Russian music for language learners? This might make for a good blog.
@ Kevin, in about six months will have music written just for the purpose of teaching Russian. but until then… hmm I will have to look around. But my general advice is the rhythm of the words should be integrated into the rhythm of the song. I think generally though if you like the type of music you are listening to you will pick it up. Although I am a classical music lover, I listen to reggae or spiritual music often for picking up new words. Reggae or spiritual music, I could listen to for hours if its beautiful, and it just kind of goes into your head after a while. But any music you really like is good, and you can translate the words. Even if you learn a couple of words a day though music, that is a painless progress.
I found a Russian Reggae band called 5nizza.
@ Kevin, I will have to check this out. Let me know if you find other music. If you have read my blog I am very much into Slavic languages.
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