Scientists at Würzburg University now discovered that newborn babies’ cries already are intonated in the melody of  their and their parents’ language.

According to that even hearing a french baby cry for attention for a German is listening to a foreign language. As this fact may go by unnoticed, the meaning of it is far more interesting. The fact that the specific melody or intonation exists right from the moment of birth leads to the conclusion that babies are already adapting to a certain language whilst still living in their mothers’ wombs.

Although this short note does not really relate to learning foreign languages or techniques for this purpose, from now on at least I will try to figure out which language the babies might prefer before I start babbling to them.

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Recent research found out that learning foreign languages has an impressive impact on brain functions and its capacity.

The findings of the international team of scientists under the lead of David Marsh  substantiate improvements in learning abilities, complex thinking, creativity and mental flexibility. In addition to that people who are capable of more than on language  are less likely to suffer early from mental decay.

It seems to me, languages are one of the rare things in live offering a wide variety of advantages and gains whilst the one and only cost is time.

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Study on the Contribution of Multilingalism to Creativity