Moomin Language School Blog

Saga Arola

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Language Programs in Schools Must Be Renewed

Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (May 18, 2017) published an opinion piece on how language programs in Finnish...

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Napping Helps Children Learn Languages

The University of Arizona (USA) published a research in January 2017 about how napping can help children learn...

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Can Smart Devices Aid Language Learning?

Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (May 5, 2017) published an article on a new study about smart devices being harmful...

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Nursery Rhymes – Foundation for Language Learning

Research in early childhood education proceeds all the time, giving us more knowledge on what kind of pedagogy our...

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Mother Tongue Is the Language of Emotions

Mother tongue has an important impact on our identity. It helps us develop ourselves and influences our understanding...

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Digitalization Requires a Language Leap

In 2015, the Finnish government launched the term ”digital leap” (digiloikka in Finnish) to denote the efforts to...

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Moomin Language School – Tips for Preschool

Milja Näsi used Moomin Language School with her group during her teacher training. In this blog post, she gives her...

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Why Is Mother Tongue So Important for Language Learning?

Professor Jim Cummins from the University of Toronto has written about the importance of mother tongue. Why is it so...

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Children’s Screen Time – How Harmful Is It?

Simon Jary (February 8, 2017) has written an article about screen time and the possible harms that come with it. Jary...

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Neuropsychologists Speak out on Language Education

Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (17.2.2017) published an article where neuropsychologists speak out on language...

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