A Newborn's Ear For Language👂

CALEC Bulletin #76 - Despite being raised in a single language environment, infants are capable of detecting the minor nuances between the sounds of different languages, as a recent study has revealed

In the News

Despite being raised primarily in one language at home, newborn infants can identify the slightest differences in the sounds of the world's languages.

Adrienne Mei Irving believes bilingualism is key to enriching the human condition and creating empathy. In this interview, Mei Irving discusses why she feels this way and how her picture book, Franglais Soup e, promotes bilingualism.

Book Highlight

"Enchanting, entertaining, and engaging! The book also poses good questions that organically provoke mathematical thought in children. A must-have early years book!" —Jaspreet Sethi, Founder Math with a Smile, India

Published monthly since 2010, The Word of the Month is a short, irreverent focus on words and terms in the headlines. The format combines original artwork along with words, definitions, examples and expressions from members of the Gymglish creative team. Each monthly entry is translated into French, German and Spanish, though the goal is to…

Podcast ‎Révolution bilingue

Autrice de plusieurs livres sur le plurilinguisme et la place de la langue dans nos systèmes scolaires, Emmanuelle Le Pichon-Vorstman œuvre pour que tous les enfants se sentent acceptés et valorisés, quelle que soit leur langue maternelle. Elle évoque ici les défis de la formation des enseignants aux questions de diversité, ainsi que le rôle que l'accueil des élèves récemment arrivés peut jouer dans leur parcours scolaire.

Languages

Gymglish vous propose Frantastique, un cours d'orthographe fun, concis et personnalisé.Nos objectifs : votre motivation, votre assiduité, vos progrès.

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