Child development Archives < VivaLing Online language school for children and adults Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:52:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://vivaling.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/favicon.png Child development Archives < VivaLing 32 32 Why Children Learn Better: Science Is Shedding Light https://vivaling.com/en/why-children-learn-better/ https://vivaling.com/en/why-children-learn-better/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:25:56 +0000 https://vivaling.com/?p=8537 The man on the street has noticed it and science has confirmed it: children are more able to learn foreign languages and achieve high proficiency than adults. What are the reasons? All else being equal, neurology and psychology will provide us with the answers. Neurological explanations address the state of the brain and its ability […]

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]]> https://vivaling.com/en/why-children-learn-better/feed/ 0 Cultural Quotient: an asset of children who study foreign languages. https://vivaling.com/en/cultural-quotient-asset-children-foreign-languages/ https://vivaling.com/en/cultural-quotient-asset-children-foreign-languages/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:19:32 +0000 https://vivaling.com/?p=5534 Today’s time with its Artificial Intelligence likes arithmetic. After measuring the Intellectual Quotient and the Emotional quotient, the Cultural Quotient constitutes a new grail to be quantified and valued. How can we anticipate and improve the use of cultural differences on the globalization highway? Why is it advantageous for a professional career in the future? […]

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]]> https://vivaling.com/en/cultural-quotient-asset-children-foreign-languages/feed/ 0 Mistakes, a tool to accelerate foreign languages learning https://vivaling.com/en/mistakes-tool-accelerate-learning-foreign-languages/ https://vivaling.com/en/mistakes-tool-accelerate-learning-foreign-languages/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:10:26 +0000 https://vivaling.com/?p=5318 Fear of error is the lock of learning. In the context of foreign languages, the avoidance strategy is its most common manifestation. The learner does not dare to answer, looks for the shortest and least risky sentences, or expresses himself in basic mode: “yes”, “no”, and “I don’t know”. « When you forbid mistakes, you […]

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]]> https://vivaling.com/en/mistakes-tool-accelerate-learning-foreign-languages/feed/ 0 5 Myths about Your Child Learning Another Language https://vivaling.com/en/5-myths-about-your-child-learning-another-language/ https://vivaling.com/en/5-myths-about-your-child-learning-another-language/#respond Tue, 10 Mar 2015 07:08:17 +0000 https://vivaling.com/?p=5262 One day you will probably have to decide whether or not to encourage your child to learn another language. Here are 5 myths you need to dispel first. Myth 1 : Most children are monolingual, so why bother ? Well, no. More than half of the world population actually grows up speaking more than one […]

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]]> https://vivaling.com/en/5-myths-about-your-child-learning-another-language/feed/ 0 Perceiving Sound Contrasts : Before 1 Year of Age, or Never https://vivaling.com/en/perceiving-sound-contrasts-1-year-age-never/ https://vivaling.com/en/perceiving-sound-contrasts-1-year-age-never/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:45:42 +0000 https://vivaling.com/?p=5241 Babies are born universal listeners. In the first months of their lives, they can discriminate all the sounds produced by human beings. It is no small feat: you and I cannot. A typical Japanese adult is unable to hear the difference between an English /l/ and /r/. A typical English adult cannot detect the nuance […]

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