Mandarin Chinese - great for children's brain development
Want to understand more about the relationship between Mandarin Chinese as a tonal language, musical ability and ability to learn a language?
The following 3 articles look at these relationships. They all illustrate how learning Chinese is good for children’s brains as they add an additional dimension to other non-tonal languages:
- Learning Mandarin creates plasticity in brain because it is tonal language
- Better musical pitch in those learning Mandarin
- Musicians learn languages more easily
Reflecting on these articles and your own practice:
- Does singing Chinese songs allow for sufficient tonal practice?
- Can other certain types of music be used to enhance the learning of tones?
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