That's really neat, wayback. Thanks for posting that information. There is a woman from Thailand and a Chinese couple in my beginner's Spanish class. I will have to remember to ask them what it's like for them to get their heads around a *non* tone-based language.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was interested in the ployglot=increased IQ idea about 12 > years ago in graduate school. As I recall, the research at > that time finally found that learning another language did not > increase IQ, with one possible exception: English speaking > youngsters who became genuinely fluent (it took a few years) > in Chinese did show a 10-15 point IQ increase. The sample size > was small, but other research also suggested that learning a > second language that was based on tones having meaning > (chinese, fo example) is what increases the IQ. > Speaking English and then learning French would not, but > speaking French and then learning Korean would. The idea > was that strengthening and developing the part of the brain > involved with music and tones and connecting that with the > language/meaning areas resulted in the increase. I am sure > more research has been done.
