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Amazing New Study Reveals Secret to Faster Language Learning<\/h2>\n

Researchers have long considered language learning to be a combination of the right method and a motivated student, but one researcher may have discovered the hidden key to unlocking second language proficiency.<\/p>\n

In a surprising new study, scientists found that students who drink four or more glasses of water a day are able to double their language learning ability!<\/p>\n

Learning a new language isn\u2019t always easy.\u00a0 While our brains might be capable of amazing feats of dexterity, they can also seize up at the most inopportune moments.\u00a0 But what if, with just a few small changes to our daily habits, we could increase, or even double our ability to acquire new words and phrases?<\/p>\n

According to Dr. Noah Comprenday, that kind of learning could be within reach for almost everyone.\u00a0 Comprenday, a professor of neurolinguisticpharmacology at the Marlborough Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) has devoted his career to the study of language acquisition.\u00a0 While his findings are nothing short of amazing, much of his work explodes common misunderstandings and myths about what it takes to learn a language.<\/p>\n

In one of his earlier studies, a set of volunteers were asked to eat a large quantity of chili peppers while listening to music in the target language.\u00a0 Their initial burst of fluency was followed by several days of scatological jokes in their native language, and subsequent testing revealed no increase in overall proficiency.<\/p>\n

In another study that showed initial promise, volunteers were asked to keep a written journal describing attempts at getting 6-year-olds to try several new foods, using the target language.\u00a0 Volunteers quit this study after just 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

Finally, Dr. Comprenday asked a group of his graduate students to try drinking various amounts of wine and beer, while using a Pimsleur<\/a> course.\u00a0 The control group was assigned to drink water.\u00a0 As expected, the wine and beer drinkers showed some initial promise, but unfortunately, they were unable to complete the language assessment at the end.\u00a0\u00a0 Meanwhile, those in the control group were found to have doubled the rate of new language they were able to acquire.<\/p>\n

No single strategy will work for everyone,\u201d says Dr. Comprenday, \u201cBut everyone can find a strategy that works.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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