by Adam David Broughton | | Practice, Psychology of learning
As many of you already know, I’m learning to play the piano. Language and music have a lot more in common than you think. In fact, they share some of the same processes in the brain. The parts of the brain which process individual words and vocabulary are the same...
by Adam David Broughton | | Motivation, Psychology of learning
When I was twelve, my family and I moved to rural France. I started in a French school in March of 1993 knowing zero French. That first day of school was by far the most frightening day of my life. I remember sitting on the steps that went up to the headmaster’s...
by Adam David Broughton | | Language analysis, Psychology of learning
There’s a mansion in San José, California called Winchester House. Now a tourist attraction, it was built by the widow of the famous gun magnate William Winchester and was, at the time, the biggest mansion in America. It has 161 rooms, with 40 bedrooms, 47 fireplaces,...
by Adam David Broughton | | Education, Language analysis, Psychology of learning
Welcome to part 2 of The Real Reason Children Are So Good At Learning Languages. If you missed part 1, here it is. In part 1, we looked at how children’s behaviour has a huge impact on their ability to learn languages. Today, we’re looking at how they think. There are...
by Adam David Broughton | | Motivation, Psychology of learning
When I was fourteen, the Tour de France went through my village in rural France. It was by far the event of the year. Not much tended to go through the village, except tractors or the odd lorry transporting sheep. The morning they were due to cycle through, all the...
by Adam David Broughton | | Practice, Psychology of learning
It’s almost impossible for humans to walk in a straight line. Over a short distance, there should be no problem (unless you’ve had too much to drink). And if you’re following something, you should be ok too. But over a long distance, the body tends to move towards one...
