Why Learn Spanish Through Songs and Music?
Songs
get stuck in our heads because of our brains. When we do not know the entire
song our brains fill in the missing gaps in the rhythm and repeat it. Music
activates the auditory cortex part of our brains, Scientists call this
phenomenon a cognitive itch or a brain itch, and by repeating a tune in your
head you are scratching the itch. Our brains sometimes act like stuck iPods,
unable to shuffle past the song they are stuck on to move onto something else
we would rather listen to! Scientists and researchers all around the world have
different names for songs getting stuck in our heads and different theories for
why this happens. We can use these same ideas to help learn a new language, If
your brain can remember the music from a commercial or the theme song from a
popular show on television it will also remember a song or chorus line that you
have heard even if it is in a different language. Marketing agencies and
commercials are constantly coming up with new jingles and tunes to make their
product memorable to you by creating a sound or piece of music that will get
stuck in your head, and often times it works very well!,
