Second-language acquisition

hello everyone and welcome back to teaching english to kids a journey of fun learning i'm your host paola pando and this is episode 2 season 3 and we are going to continue working on listening so if you listened to the previous episode episode one you know that in this season we are going to cover the four language skills in second language acquisition for young learners Let's review a little bit.

Last week we established the neuroscience of listening, why it's the foundation of language acquisition, how the brain processes spoken language and why listening comes first.

This week we are going to get much more practical.

do read that make sure you understand how to read properly because there's really no point well there's always a point to reading is always good right but you're going to learn so much more if you just read according to a specific process so before we get into the rapid fire what do the experts say so there's a big meta study that was conducted in 2025 so last year as of the time of recording from sangers van de sander I'm not quite sure how to pronounce that, et al.

Learning a language through reading and meta-analysis of studies on the effects of extensive reading on second and foreign language learning from the Education of Psychology Review.

So big meta-studies, a serious study, and they found that encouraging learners to engage in individual silent reading of longer target language texts of their own choice but attuned to their proficiency level, promoted a variety of second and foreign language skills.

So we know that reading helps you get better at foreign languages.

She is also a remote viewer, a psychic medium, a regressionist, and author.

She holds a BS in education, a BA in Spanish, a master's degree in second language acquisition, having spent much of her life as a middle school teacher until the paranormal came crashing through her home.

Sounds like the angels had plans for Laura.

And Laura, as I said, she does work with the al- angelic realm, but she also emphasizes soul health and how we can nurture it.