music and language

[Ewan Pohe]

Thank you for this post Philip.

In New Zealand in the Te Ataarangi system which teaches Māori as an L2
music is used extensively.  From my experience it is useful on a number of
levels.

It is not used enough in my view probably as singing is seen to be the
preserve of stars.





Ewan Pohe
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On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash <
cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

>  Greetings ILAT,
>
>  I recently saw an amazing video showing Gabby Giffords the Arizona
> Congresswoman recovering from her brain injury stemming from a bullet that
> passed thru the left side of her brain.  The video describes how she was
> able to regain her speech thru music thus demonstrating quite effectively
> the neurological link between music and language learning.
>
>  http://youtu.be/ndNn3Ucxt5k
>
>  I just wanted to post the video simply to spark some conversation on the
> topic of music & language.  If it is a new idea or if you simply want to
> see music being put into action please take a look at the video.  For some
> of you, I'm sure this will be quite familiar.
>
>  Phil
> UofA
>
>
>
>
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