Can We Predict Which People Will Be Better At Learning Foreign Languages?

Brain Blogger - Viatcheslav Wlassoff, PhD "One common gripe we [...]

June 28th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Genetics, Language, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Children’s brains develop faster with music training

USC News - Emily Gersema "Music instruction appears to accelerate [...]

June 23rd, 2016|Categories: Brain development, Brain development and Language, Education, Music, Music Training, School|Tags: Education, School|

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Reasons For Learning Foreign Languages

The Sequitur - Staff Writer "Studying and learning foreign languages [...]

June 21st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Career, Career & Technical Training, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Kids Have Critical Period For Brain Development; Nurturing During Preschool Age More Important Than Later On

Medical Daily - Samantha Olson "A child’s brain is designed [...]

June 5th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, News, Preschool, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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No need to be anxious, it’s just Mandarin

The Global Times - Loraine Lu "The most frequent question [...]

May 30th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Mandarin, News, School, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Can the UK and US Close Their Language Gap?

Care2 - Lizabeth Paulat "New findings by the University of [...]

May 29th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Can Early Exposure To Music Be Key To Learning Second Language?

Puerto Vallarta Daily News - Christina Zhao "Growing up in [...]

May 26th, 2016|Categories: Brain, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Infants, Languages, Learning, Music, Music Training|Tags: Education, School|

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Eric Migernier: Foreign language study nurtures more than job prospects

The Charleston Gazette-Mail - Eric Migernier "We have all heard [...]

May 22nd, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Career, Career & Technical Training, Career Pathways, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Bilingual babies ‘learn languages faster’

The Straits Times - Amelia Teng "Babies exposed to two [...]

May 18th, 2016|Categories: Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Chinese, English, Infants, Language, Languages, Mandarin, Parents|Tags: Education, School|

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Want to prepare your kids for the future? Language immersion programs are the answer

The Charlotte Observer - Ynez Olshausen "A decade ago, we [...]

May 16th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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