Benefits of Learning a New Language

Learning a new language is scientifically proved to have positive impact on the way your brain grows and on the cognitive skills associated with processing information. For instance, bilinguals have denser gray matter in their language centers than monolinguals. Bilinguals can more easily focus on two tasks at once. They think more analytically. Parts of their brain devoted to memory, reasoning, and planning are larger than those of monolinguals (source:  How Bilingualism Boost Your Brain).

Besides these cognitive skills , learning a new language does also have some social gains such as getting to communicate with people from other countries, learning about different cultures, and even helping you understand your own native language. This social aspect of learning a new language is essential for raising bilingual or multilingual kids that tolerate and respect cultural and ethnic differences and value and look at linguistic diversity as an asset and not a difference.

This handy graphic outlines another 5 benefits of being a multilingual (and  bilingual ). Have a look and share with you students.

Here is a brief overview of these 5 benefits:

 1-More job opportunities:

The ability to communicate with people in more than one language could just help you acquire gainful employment.

2- Improved Intellect

Exposing yourself to foreign language can change the way you look at the world and create comprehensive avenues that would otherwise be unavailable.

3- Increased understanding of language

Learning another language can help you to gain a better understanding of your native tongue. It can also make it easier to learn other languages that are in the same vein.

4- Globalization

The interconnectedness of world cultures has brought people closer together. Learning other languages can help you to close the gap even further and take advantage of this globalization.

5- International travel benefits

Learning multiple languages can male all aspects of travel easier, from getting through customs to finding your way around foreign locales to haggling with local merchants

Post Source : http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/05/the-5-benefits-of-learning-new-language.html

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Questions To Ask Yourself Before Trying New Technology

By Katie Lepi

Yesterday, we looked at an infographic that looked at the implementation of a blended learningprogram. It talked about how to set yourself up for success when implementing blended learning, what some attributes of a great blended learning program are, and drivers of blended learning.

The drivers of blended learning was sort of buried towards the bottom of the infographic, and we thought it could use a little spotlight of its own, so we’ve taken that part of the original infographicand are showcasing it on its own below.

Why? Because there are really good reasons to give it a shot. If you look at the ten reasons listed below, we’re pretty sure you’ll find at least a couple that you’ll benefit from, or are already trying to do in another way. If you read each item as a sort of question to yourself, they can also serve as a handy little go-to list that you should be asking when you’re implementing anything new in your classroom.

10 Drivers of Blended Learning

• Teachers need and want to:
• Personalize learning
• Improve the progress potential for each individual student
• Improve student engagement and motivation
• Shift to online state testing as of 2015
• Extend time and stretch resources effectively
• Extend the reach of effective teachers
• Improve teacher’s working conditions
• Decrease device costs
• Have students and parents adopt learning apps
• Narrow the digital divide

10 Questions To Ask Yourself When Implementing New Technology

• The answer doesn’t have to be yes for every question, but the more boxes you can tick, the better!
• Does it improve the teacher’s ability to personalize learning? (yes!)
• Does it offer potential for individual progress? (yes!)
• Does it improve student engagement and motivation? (yes!)
• Does it help teachers to to online testing methods? (yes!)
• Does it extend time and stretch resources effectively? (yes!)
• Does it extend the reach of effective teachers? (yes!)
• Does it improve teacher’s working conditions? (yes!)
• Does it decrease device costs? (yes!)
• Does it help students and parents adopt learning apps? (yes!)
• Does it help narrow the digital divide? (yes!)

Post Source: http://www.edudemic.com/new-technology-questions/

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