Having the instructions in another language is a form of total immersion. If you are travelling alone then this is the only language you'll hear - maybe for some time. That's cool. But what makes Sat-Navs a top MFL resource is that everything that the Sat-Nav says comes with accompanying directions.
Having Sat-Nav instructions set to another language is a form of total immersion. If you are travelling alone then this is the only language you'll hear - maybe for some time. That's cool. But what makes Sat-Navs a top MFL resource is that everything that the Sat-Nav says comes with accompanying directions. You can see ahead of you and also on the map exactly what she is saying.
We learn a language a lot faster and more easily if we use Discovery Learning - a syatem of learning that replicates the way we learned our first language. In doing so we play to the strengths of human brains which are hot-wired to receive information this way.
You will learn the words at least 200% faster because they are in context. That's really smart - and fun.
When we look at how these languages are globally distributed, the more wide spread nature of Spanish emerges. Mandarin is highly concentrated, spoken as a first language in just two countries: China and Taiwan. Spanish, on the other hand, is much more wide spread, being spoken in 24 countries
children with proficiency in a second language can expect to earn more, have more career options, be more creative and even enjoy mental health benefits?
learning a language bestows on the learner so many benefits - mental, social and even career - that it just makes a lot of sense whatever your age.
Why Spanish and Mandarin? Because it usually boils down to these two. Learning any language is satisfying and bestows many benefits on the learner....but these two languages have in built global advantages and may even boost your career.
Class can't be all hands on fun and games - but many teachers are reporting that the IT pendulum is jammed to the ICT end of the spectrum and when they bring it back to the middle - mixing ICT with games and human interaction - wonderful things happen.
Learning a language can harness the brain's joy of learning new things, but leave you with something of permanent value, in a way that neither drugs nor video games ever could.
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