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posted at 8:09 a.m. on November 27, 2011
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posted at 4:11 a.m. on April 20, 2012
Learning foreign languages is very important. Children should start when they are young. It can be a lot of fun for them.
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posted at 1:43 a.m. on April 23, 2012
Learning a language when young can be a challenge even though it is to their advantage at their young age. This is so when parent's themselves are not conversant in it. I do agree that their youth helps them absorb better.
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posted at 1:16 a.m. on August 4, 2012
Thankyou very much for the Montessouri training tips.Its quite interesting to find that the "Parentese" would help the babies rather than the squeaky voice.The baby talks would not build up the language learning capability as Parentese.Its pretty interesting to read the evolution of English language.Good Work!
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posted at 8:29 p.m. on September 16, 2012
Today the most common Romantic languages are Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian.
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posted at 1:17 a.m. on September 19, 2012
Montessori training methods seems nice. But I don’t really think talking to babies in a normal tone is going to work. Personally I would prefer squeaky voice as my babies loved it because they knew I was talking to them.
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posted at 1:41 a.m. on October 27, 2012
It speaks a Indo-European language. It has migrated to Africa, Australasia and much of the Western Hemisphere.
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posted at 3:48 a.m. on October 29, 2012
What a nice article. I have already noticed that a lot of languages a really similar. Even more I noticed that if you already know at least 3 foreign languages you will be able to understand every language.
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posted at 7:20 p.m. on January 11, 2013
Hey, I used to be in a Montessori school a while now and it did great things to my head. Thanks for reminding me of that.
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where can i go in your web site to get nice comments that can be written to a child's performance.please can you aid me by emailing them to me,thanks ================================================================================================================================================Anything that is positive about a child is always a good place to start. It does not always have to be academic, good personality traits are important too. Any areas of improvement are always encouraging! MM
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Language Development
Montessori and the Wonderful World of Language
I've always been interested in languages, maybe living in a bilingual family fostered this love of languages. My wonderful teachers first introduced me to unique elements of language. While reading the Canterbury Tales in English class I was amazed how many words were similar in sound and meaning to my mother's dialect of Norwegian. I would read some of the text to my mother and she was able to understand most of it.
I was also impacted during a literature class when a visiting linguist was able to hear each student speak and tell them which part of the United States they came from. She was unable to place only two of the students, one had moved every few years with his family in the military, and the other was me.
Here are some ideas to explore with your baby, preschooler and elementary aged kids.
To Baby Talk or Not to Baby Talk
Some Montessori practitioners believe it is wrong to talk in a squeaky voice to babies. I admit I did speak to my babies in a singsong, squeaky voice. The babies loved it because they knew I was talking to them.
Some of the newest research gives another insight to high-pitched baby talkers.
Playing Games
Playing games with preschool children is a great way to sharpen language skills. Group games are the best. You need to learn and understand directions of the game, which take great communication skills.
The Evolution of Language
Montessori uses the Great Stories , such as the Story of Language, to inspire elementary students to use their creative imagination to learn.
The history of man's migration is linked to the evolution of language. Diffusion of language in the New World shows how language moves with man's colonization. The Roman Empire infused Latin into the languages of Europe.
A brief history of English.
English is considered a Germanic language. It is part of a bigger language family called Indo-European. About half of the world's population speaks a Indo-European language. It has migrated to Africa, Australasia and much of the Western Hemisphere. English also has been influenced by Latin. For example, the word equestrian comes from the Latin word for horse, equus.
Over half the world speaks a form of Indo-European language. They include Germanic, Romance, Balto-Slavic and Indo-Iranian. Finish and the Basque region of France and Spain are the only European cultures that don't speak Indo-European languages.
During the Roman Empire's rise, Latin was introduced to much of Europe. It influenced Germanic and Slavic speaking countries. Latin eventually changed within each province of Europe. It was called Vulgar Latin because it was spoken by common people. Romance languages are Latin based. Today the most common Romantic languages are Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian.
I remember my Spanish professor telling the class that Spanish was at least 80 to 90 percent Latin based . He said, why not learn Spanish in which you can converse, instead of dead language like Latin. It was a good sales pitch to keep me taking Spanish classes.
Here are some more links about the History of Languages.
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