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  It’s never too early to begin learning a language: it’s fun it promotes healthy development, and the many cognitive and social benefits will last a lifetime.  Here are some of the reasons why learning a language puts your child at a significant advantage, and how you can help—whether or not you know another language. Benefitss 1-Give Them a Head Start Children who learn another language before age five use the same part of the brain to acquire that second language that they use to learn their mother tongue. Younger learners are also uninhibited by the fear of making mistakes, which is sometimes an obstacle for older beginners. 2-Start Early, Stay Long! The length of time a student is able to devote to learning a language has a direct and positive correlation to cognitive development. Longer sequences also provide the opportunity for learners to grow alongside the additional language and culture, developing a deeper connection as they mature. 3-Feed Their  Brains Researc...

 A key point of learning is finding new words. In every text we learn or analyze we have to point out some words which we have not heard before or do not know how to translate.Some ways to explain new words: 
 1-Read , read and read
The more you read -- especially novels, but also magazines and newspapers -- the more words you'll learn. As you read and uncover new words, try to work out the  meaning from the sentence as well as from looking up the definition in a dictionary. Write down new words. Your vocabulary will sky rocket! 2-Build your own dictionay
It's a very good idea to write down the new words you discover. Just by writing them down you will start to recognise the words when you read. Plus, keeping a dictionary of all your new words will give you the confidence to learn even more words -- especially when you can see how many new words you've already learnt.
 3-Learn a word a day
Using a word a day calendar, a website, or develop your own list of words to learn. T...

I’m sharing some ideas for teaching vocabulary. 1-Making choices Students show their understanding of vocabulary by saying the word when it applies, or remaining silent when it doesn’t. For example: “Say radiant if any of these things would make someone look radiant.” -Winning a million dollars. -Earning a gold medal. -Walking to the post office. -Cleaning your room. -Having a picture you painted hung in the school library.  This is one of the key strategies teachers need in introducing new vocabulary. 2-Word pairs. Give students words in pairs and have them evaluate if the words are the same, opposite, go together, or are unrelated. This strategy is terrific for building critical thinking skills along with the vocabulary. 3-Games Many “real” games work well for vocab play and practice. Games such as  Balderdash ,  Taboo ,  Scrabble ,  Blurt ,  Bananagrams ,  word bingo, and others are fun. 4-Vocabulary photo Album Using a simple, inexpensive photo alb...