During the last decades, there have been major advances in mapping the brain regions that
underlie our ability to perceive, experience, and produce music and how musical training …

The effects of musical activities on non-musical domains have recently sparked much
research. Whereas the benefits of music for native language abilities are well established …

This book is intended to help language teachers to work effectively and successfully with
students who have Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs). It enables teachers to gain a …

Despite a positive attitude towards the use of music in the foreign language classroom,
teachers rarely integrate music into their lessons. Studies suggest two main explanations for …

Building on her earlier work,'The Power of Music: A Research Synthesis of the Impact of
Actively Making Music on the Intellectual, Social and Personal Development of Children and …

A long-standing debate in cognitive neurosciences concerns the effect of music on verbal
learning and memory. Research in this field has largely provided conflicting results in both …

Foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) has been the subject of several studies aimed
to optimize learning of a foreign language in the classroom. However, few studies provide …

Researchers have hypothesized that learning a foreign language could be beneficial for
seniors, as language learning requires the use of extensive neural networks. We developed …

This study reports on the results of a semester-long Chinese-American telecollaborative
exchange via WeChat, in which students from China and the US shared thematically similar …

Musical aptitude and language talent are highly intertwined when it comes to phonetic
language ability. Research on pre-school children's musical abilities and foreign language …