DVD Review - Early Lingo - Spanish

Caryn Antonini, graduate of the Georgetown University School of Languages and Linguistics, has created the new, innovative learning tool – EARLY LINGO. It was at the University that Caryn cultivated her understanding of a child’s acquisition of language and the relationship to their cognitive development. As a new mother, Caryn wanted to give her child the advantages of learning a foreign language as an infant and all the subsequent benefits it would bring to her child later in life, but was unable to find anything on the market that would accomplish this effectively.

ABOUT THE SERIES

• Early Lingo is a playful approach to learning.
• The interactive program allows young children to become familiar with a foreign language through immersive and repetitive learning techniques.
• The use of playful animation and live-action video create a stimulating visual context.
• The Early Lingo Series is the first of its kind, offering a solid foundation in learning foreign languages. With frequent exposure any child will be able to speak with no accent and familiarity.
• Early Lingo uses the Total Immersion Method, a method that immerses the child immediately into the target language with no use of translation.
• Early Lingo uses native speakers who articulate, speak slowly and use comprehensible words and phrases that are easy for the child to understand.
• Children can learn a foreign language in their own home at any given time, an easy and convenient learning experience for all.

Studies show that children who are bilingual or multilingual perform better in other academic areas and adjust to new situations more easily later in life. These children statistically earn higher scores in SATs (both math and verbal), show significant gains in IQ performance, and exhibit advanced mental flexibility and superiority in concept formation compared to their monolingual counterparts. Children experience enhanced cognitive development as well as sociocultural benefits.

Research proves that children have a greater advantage over others if they learn a foreign language at the same time they are learning their primary language – the second language will be simultaneously stored neatly and subconsciously in the same area of the brain. Children are not confused by learning additional languages, despite the propensity for this in adults –their brains create separate and unique neural pathways for each language. With frequent, repetitive exposure any child will be able to speak with familiarity and no accent.

Why no accent with Early Lingo? A learning window begins to close at 6 years of age, and by the time a child reaches his twelfth year he may no longer be able to speak without an accent. A famous example of this phenomenon is the case of Henry Kissinger. When he arrived in the United States as a boy, Henry was 12 years old and his younger brother was 10. Henry has retained a strong accent whereas his brother has none at all. Starting a linguistic program early is the key – Early Lingo!


Total Immersion
The Early Lingo Series is organized into 12 familiar everyday activities.

Each DVD is a mini-adventure using relative words and expressions that engage the child.

Children can watch anytime, anywhere without the need for adult interaction or supervision, however, we encourage the parent or caregiver to participate alongside the child.

With Early Lingo’s use of the Total Immersion Method, the child is immersed immediately into the target language with no use of translation – proven to be the most effective and natural method of learning a new language.  Your toddler will be mesmerized by entertaining characters and content as they learn!

My Take on the DVDMy wife was an elementary Spanish teacher before our children were born, thus I was excited to have her try out this DVD and see what she thought about the series itself. In watching it with our daughters I could see what they were talking about in regards to the full immersion. This DVD jumps right into the language. What was nice was that the DVD continues to go over the same type of objects in different ways throughout the DVD. I liked how you could set the DVD to either run once or continuously. Though my girls are older, I could see how if I had this earlier in their life, they would have been very intrigued and the repetition with images would be great in helping the kids to learn the language. While I tried out Spanish, I was also excited to see that a parent could also get DVD's in French as well as Mandarin and Italian (Available this year). If the other DVD's are anything like the first, I would be happy to have them in my own home!

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