Team-Linguajoy had the great pleasure and honour to be able to interview a well-known brain researcher, Helsinki University´s professor of pedagogy Minna Huotilainen. Huotilainen considers it only a good thing that very young children are studying foreign languages. Fun is the limit in language learning with children “When an adult studies a foreign language, it...
Team-Linguajoylla oli suuri ilo ja kunnia saada haastatella tunnettua aivotutkijaa, Helsingin yliopiston kasvatustieteen professori Minna Huotilaista. Huotilainen pitää yksinomaan hyvänä asiana, että jo aivan pienetkin lapset opiskelevat vieraita kieliä. Hauskuus on rajana lasten kielten oppimisessa Kun aikuinen opiskelee vierasta kieltä, edellyttää se motivaatiota ja työtä. Mutta kun lapsi opiskelee vierasta kieltä, on se melko samanlaista...
First, let’s discuss the differences between adult and children’s brains. When you are born, you have approximately 1 billion to 3 billion neurons in your brain. A neuron is the basic nerve cell in the brain that is responsible for sending and receiving information. What a neuron does is much more complicated, but for our...
First, let’s discuss the differences between adult and children’s brains. When you are born, you have approximately 1 billion to 3 billion neurons in your brain. A neuron is the basic nerve cell in the brain that is responsible for sending and receiving information. What a neuron does is much more complicated, but for our...
Have a look at our fun video, in which we move, interact and turn our active energy into an exciting language journey! We believe that language gives you more than just a skill. It gives you a new lens through which to see the world. Join us today! At Linguajoy, learning foreign languages is a...
Did you know that the language-learning sensitivity period is a unique neurolinguistic phase in which children are open to and enthusiastic about languages? Neurolinguistic research has demonstrated that a baby’s brain is inherently flexible, uniquely hard-wired to acquire languages naturally. Learning a second language at a young age is cognitively as easy as learning a...
