Comments for Julie Merrill http://juliemerrill.org Bilingual Speech Language Professional Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:57:44 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Na’vi: The Language of Avatar by Brian Barker http://juliemerrill.org/navi-the-language-of-avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Brian Barker Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:57:44 +0000 http://juliemerrill.org/?p=87#comment-5 I like neither na'vi nor klingon as the future global language. Especially when you have to dress up for it :D We also need a future international language. One which is easy to learn, as well ! And that's not English! Esperanto? Certainly yes! Have a look at http://www.lernu.net I like neither na’vi nor klingon as the future global language. Especially when you have to dress up for it :D

We also need a future international language. One which is easy to learn, as well !

And that’s not English! Esperanto? Certainly yes!

Have a look at http://www.lernu.net

]]> Comment on How Bilingualism Affects Language, Cognition, Development and the Brain by Trung http://juliemerrill.org/how-bilingualism-affects-language-cognition-development-and-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Trung Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:22:01 +0000 http://juliemerrill.org/?p=20#comment-4 I am certainly glad I stumbled across your website. Thank you for sharing this information regarding this article. Here are two possible articles that may be germane to this topic. One is from Live Science in which new data shows bilingual babies may have an early edge on those who only speak one language. Also, a Korean newspaper is reporting that a 13-year-old girl received a perfect score on the TOEFL. The author of the blog suggets that native speakers of English "would not be able to deal with the cognitive academic aspects of the test." http://www.livescience.com/culture/090413-bilingual-smart.html http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2009/11/girl-13-gets-perfect-toefl-score.html I am certainly glad I stumbled across your website. Thank you for sharing this information regarding this article. Here are two possible articles that may be germane to this topic. One is from Live Science in which new data shows bilingual babies may have an early edge on those who only speak one language. Also, a Korean newspaper is reporting that a 13-year-old girl received a perfect score on the TOEFL. The author of the blog suggets that native speakers of English “would not be able to deal with the cognitive academic aspects of the test.”
http://www.livescience.com/culture/090413-bilingual-smart.html
http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2009/11/girl-13-gets-perfect-toefl-score.html

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