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Latinum Institute's Blog – January 2009 Archive (2)

SCHOLA - one year old this month

Schola

http://schola.ning.com

was Founded on 31 January 2008 - hard to think, almost a year has flowed by since then.

The site has as of now, 777 members, with more joining every single day.

NING added a chatroom to the site a month ago, and this has made a huge difference to the site. People are using the chatroom every day, forming friendships with others across the globe, in Latin. This built-in chatroom is far more successful than the remote chatroom we tried to run… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on January 26, 2009 at 6:43am — No Comments

More evidence pointing at the importance of Oral work

This study speaks for itself - if the brain is using facial movement as a cue, then it seems to make sense that giving the brain access to these cues would make learning the language easier, as the brain would have an easier time recognising words. Reading out loud, and speaking, would elicit these responses.

Here is the review of the study:

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Feeling Your Words: Hearing With Your Face

ScienceDaily (Jan. 26, 2009) — The movement of facial… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on January 26, 2009 at 5:05am — No Comments