Tag Archives: 0-2 year

English Speaking Playgroups Starting in S. Saba, Rome

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Playgroups are kicking off in Rome, at  S.Saba, thursdays at 17.30. Playgroups motivate children to speak the minority language, which is normally the language spoken just by mom or dad and becomes instead the language spoken by children too as well as a necessary means to communicate in an environment where no other language is spoken. However [...]
Posted on November 12, 2009

Research says children learn languages in the womb, and cry accordingly…

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This is a very interesting article, it shows that as they are born children already “speak” their mothertongue, i.e. the way they cry depends on the language they have been exposed to in the womb: The crying song. Now this is very interesting for me… I’ve been living in London and speaking practically only English [...]
Posted on November 12, 2009

Tv, children and language, part 2

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We mentioned earlier that there are two fundamentals questions that need to be answered with regards to TV and bilingualism How bad is TV for children? Do TV and DVD support language learning? Here we’ll look at second question and see what experts think about it. Very young children learn from interactions, i.e. from playing [...]
Posted on September 3, 2009

TV, children and language, part 1

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TV and DVD are often part of children’s lives, and more and more are used to “teach” children a language. Is this right or wrong? Is TV a language learning tool or a brain killing device? I have done some research on the subject and I want to share the results with you. With regards [...]
Posted on September 1, 2009

Bilingualism at 23 months, IV

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Something special happened today, and I want to share it. I think that for the first time I saw A. switching language, in a way that was both conscius and contextual. Fact: we were reading a book, The Snail and the Whale.  In the drawings figured also a boat, A. pointed to it and said Baca [...]
Posted on August 27, 2009

Bilingualism at 23 months, III

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One interesting component of A.’s recent speech development is that he now sings! Music has always been a strong presence in his life, I always played lot’s of music for him and sang to him. He never used a pacifier, or a comfort object or anything like that, all he needs to calm down and [...]
Posted on August 21, 2009