Bilingual babies get a head start before they can even talk

david — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:05:07 +0000

Here’s an interesting finding from the National Geographic:

Even before they can babble a single word, babies in bilingual households may get a head start in life, according to a team of scientists in Italy. Rather than confusing babies, hearing more than one language gives newborns a mental boost, according to the new study, which tested seven-month-old infants.

“In many European countries, parents are wary of giving a bilingual education to their kids and try to speak only one language,” said study author Jacques Mehler of the Language, Cognition, and Development Lab at the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, Italy. “They are afraid [their children] might suffer when they get to school and so on,” Mehler said. “Because of our results, I doubt that very much.”

Sesame Street Targets English Language Learners

david — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:18:47 +0000

In news that fills my heart with joy, I was delighted to learn of the emergence of Sesame Street English, a new 26×2-minute series from Sesame Workshop featuring anime-style versions of the show’s signature Muppets introducing preschoolers to the English language. Sesame Street English, which can be adapted for classrooms, uses research-based methods to provide introductory language skills necessary to build a basic English vocabulary.

Read the full story, if you can stomach it…

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Bilingual babies get a head start before they can even talk

Sesame Street Targets English Language Learners