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Can your baby learn a language by music or sound or singing? I think your baby will respond most to singing a language to him or her.

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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 [...]

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Why musicians learn languages This is my personal observation from people I know who study both languages and music in Krakow, Poland. Many people will tell you that musicians have a gift for language, I do not believe it, at least not in a significant way. I have taught too many students to think people [...]

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Memory systems and language learning I teach and learn languages. I have read countless books on language learning, but more important I have had years of first hand experience with language learning. There are scores of language learning products on the market from books to software to memory masters. What do I think is the best [...]

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Language learning with music videos Music videos are more interesting than traditional pod-casts or in my opinion TV. And if you are into music this can be a way to spark your interest in a language. I think music is perhaps the best way to learn a language. It blends acoustics with rhythm with the [...]

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Learning English the old fashion way, with music and hardwork First contact with English music My (Mirek) first contact with English happened when I was 13 and it was rather funny. I could say was initiated to English in a jungle. You must agree when you read the following story. It was a musical jungle. Source of [...]

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Where do babies get words Babies learn from their parents not from TV Babies learn from their parents not from TV.  In fact some accelerated DVD language learning for slows babies progress.  DVDs are good for children and great for adults but for babies, they respond really only to real live humans, in other words, [...]

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Havana Blues for learning Spanish Last night I went to ‘Havana Blues’ at the movies. I watched it in Spanish with Polish subtitles. The film was about two musicians in Havana.  A large part of the movie was music and singing in Spanish.  By the end of the movie I was able to learn a [...]

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Meaning and learning Children learn to survive The reason a child learns so well,  is there is nothing more important and meaningful to a child than to learn.  A child is wire to learn like a child is wired to eat.  This is because nature knows that if a child is to survive in the world [...]

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Gregorian chants Gregorian chants are in my opinion the most soothing and flowing music there is.  But I grew up listing to Gregorian chants, so perhaps I am partial. Regardless they have a real affect on your brain and can be used to help you learn languages. Gregorian chants an brainwaves Many studies have been [...]

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