[EDLING:2415] Learning language through music

Francis M. Hult fmhult at DOLPHIN.UPENN.EDU
Thu Mar 8 23:02:05 UTC 2007


Daily Local News

Learning language through music 

WEST GOSHEN — One way to teach young people a foreign language, according to 
Uwe Kind, a singer and educator, is not only through a textbook, but through 
music.

Kind, who has worked with well-known personalities such as comedians Johnny 
Carson and David Letterman, put on two performances for hundreds of students 
from the West Chester Area School District and neighboring school districts 
Monday at East High School. Students were out of their chairs, dancing and 
singing simple phrases in five other languages, including Chinese, Japanese, 
Spanish, German and French.

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