Symphony participates in the III Forum of bilingual teaching celebrated in the University of Nebrija
Last Thursday 27st June Symphony participated in the III Forum Nebrija in Bilingual Teaching celebrated in the Campus “Dehesa de la Villa”. The meeting counted on the presence of Mª Carmen Fonseca Mora, Principal Researcher in the project “Music perception and reading skills in foreign language learning”, who delivered a plenary lecture about music and its influence in language learning called “Melodies in First and Second Language Acquisition”.
Carmen Fonseca affirmed that Neuroscience considers that melodies activate brain activity. As she explained, each language has a different melody and parents transfer those melodies to their children when they talk to them. During her conference, Fonseca highlighted that for students to improve their learning, it is necessary to help them to develop their verbal memory. In fact, best students have very developed verbal memories that allow them to distinguish words from a stream of sounds (mainly in the L2).
More information about the III Forum Nebrija in Bilingual Teaching
http://actualidadnebrija.com/2013/06/28/educacion-bilingue-estrategias-y-nuevos-retos/
