So, apparently this boy speaks ten different languages. Isn't he a selfish little boy. I do not deny his gifts, and I praise them, like, com'n, ten different languages, that is something special. Now, this is my point, why doesn't share one other language with me? Scientists could maneuver some way to implement his ten year old gifts into my eighteen year old brain. But, I am curious to know if his musical ability is really a reason for his ability to acquire multiple languages, or is it his age, and something I have been thinking about, his ability to learn languages as the reason for his ability to learn so many languages. It is very interesting though, that he learned most of his languages at school. And I think it is in that department that most of us have been short-changed our entire lives. The ability of a school to teach young children languages before it becomes very difficult to teach is very important. This boy could go on to become the world's greatest diplomat, or translator, a job, which he didn't acquire by himself per say, but by the good initiatives and intuitions of his parents and school. I guess I am going to send my children to Blue Coat School in Edgbaston, Birmingham. And perhaps they too could go on to become a member of the National Children's Orchestra. As a musician myself, that is very commendable and respectable.
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hDv8onLDp1TpwvcxjHD1UHXLrCFA
3 comments:
I personally don't think that our ability to learn music is not related to our abilit to learn languages.
Yeah the boy speaks 10 different languages and is a musician, but this just may be a coincidence.
What if he was a master in solving puzzles?
then the media will make a big deal about solving puzzles will help the child's brain to learn languages faster.
I am very skeptical about the article for it was relatively short without any substance.
So what if the boy speaks 10 languages, would he remember it forever?
And even if he DID speak 10 languages FLUENTLY, what is he going to do with it, end world hunger? end racism? no.
I just think the media made a big deal about a little boy "speaking" 10 different languages.
hahaha, your a bit too cynical don't you think? Learning Latin does not end poverty either... :-) it's just something, which is nice to know, I guess for our own egos.
Flesh this story out a little... why do some people think that musical ability and language go together? if people disagree, is there a scientific basis for the disagreement? how could we design an experiment to test this that didn't involve an island of babies?
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