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Japanese Teacher, Mitsiko “Miko” Momozono, Chosen as 2014 KWLA
Outstanding Teacher of the Year
Speaking two languages leads to a
healthier brain, new study says A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that individuals who speak two or more languages, even those who acquired the second language in adulthood, experience slower cognitive declines from aging. The study involved 835 native English speakers who were born and resided in Scotland. Of the 835 participants tested, 262 were able to speak two or more languages. Of these, 195 participants learned a second language before the age of 18, 19 before the age of 11, and 65 after the age of 18. This study builds on others with similar findings, including one that revealed that bilinguals suffer dementia onset an average of 4.5 years later than monolinguals.
Being Bilingual Keeps You Sharper As You Get Older A unique study was recently published that helps indicate how second language learning benefits the brain as we age. While most research on the benefits of second language learning has focused on bilingual speakers who acquired language at a young age, a new study in the 'Annals of Neurology' indicates that even a basic level of communicative skills gained through language study at any stage in life can produce cognitive benefits. The study participants were born in 1936 and had received an intelligence test at age 11 in Scotland. Researchers studied their cognitive development between 2008-2010 and found that regardless of when a second language was acquired, those who spoke more than one language had an improved memory and higher intelligence markers over those who were monolingual throughout their lives. It's never too late to learn and benefit your brain with language study!
Bilingualism Alters the Way the Mind Works Findings from recent research, conducted by cognitive
scientists
Judith Kroll and
Ellen Bialystok argue that bilingualism
research has examined the influences of bilingualism on
cognitive and neural behavior and development too narrowly.
This has resulted in a simplistic understanding of the
complex changes in brain structure and function that occur
in the bilingual mind.
Website: Kahoot.it Kahoot! is a free game-based classroom response system. Teachers design their own questions, quizzes, discussions or surveys. Students take control of their own learning. Kahoot! works with a web browser on a laptop, ipad, iphone, ipod, Android, Windows Phone or PC and more.
Website: Speak and Read Chinese – "Animals" (Simplified) This program helps children to acquire the names of ten animals, along with the children’s song The Ugly Duckling. Animals include: Cat, dog, chicken, duck, bird, cow, sheep, horse, pig, and rabbit.
Website: El Juego de Construir una Comida de Kevin With this interactive game players build one full day of meals and 2 snacks within a time limit using food groups and calorie amounts. Players move with Kevin from the kitchen, to the school cafeteria and grocery store to build the perfect meal.
App Review: J'apprends les formes et les couleurs Lite Learn to recognize the shapes and colors with simple games. Free.
App Review: ¿RU Inteligente? This brainteaser app helps users practice colors, numbers and other things in Spanish. Each game is timed and surprises are included in the directions to keeps users on their toes.
My quince dress Search for the perfect quinceañera dress in this app. View the collection of quinceañera gowns, dama dresses, flower girl dresses, and hairstyles.
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September
20, 2014, Lexington, KY – At the annual conference of
the Kentucky World Language Association (KWLA) held this year at
the Hilton Lexington Downtown, Mrs. Mitsuko “Miko” Momozono, a
Japanese teacher at Picadome Elementary in Lexington, Kentucky
was awarded the 2014 KWLA “Outstanding Teacher Award”. As the
2014 winner of this prestigious award, Mrs. Momozono will go on
to represent Kentucky world language teachers at the Southern
Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) to be held in Atlanta,
Georgia on March 5-7, 2014. If she is named the “SCOLT Teacher
of the Year”, Mrs. Momozono will then proceed on to compete for
the title of “National Language Teacher of the Year” awarded
every year by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages (ACTFL) at their annual conference in November!
