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The only part of education where the language matters is when it comes to spelling, and the key factor there is the distance between the spoken language and the

The only part of education where the language matters is when it comes to spelling, and the key factor there is the distance between the spoken language and the written language. In Finnish, these are close, i.e. words are spelled "as they sound", the rules are simple and consistent and there are few special cases, and as a result Finnish children have a much easier time learning how to spell compared to Danish or English children.

dorian-graph 15y ago
You don't consider language important in conveying ideas, thinking, etc?
- henrikschroder 15y ago
  What are you talking about?
  - joesb 15y ago
    > The only part of education where the language matters is when it comes to spelling What about differences between languages in their ability to convey ideas.
    - henrikschroder 15y ago
      We're talking about elementary school education here, I find it extremely difficult to believe that some languages are "better" than others at conveying the ideas at this level of education.
Geee 15y ago
The Finnish language is one theory. There's lots of derivative words and it's really easy to know the meaning of a new word. Look from here: http://finnish-and-pisa.blogspot.com/ http://finnish-and-pisa.blogspot.com/ There's one example of the derivation: 'kirja' - 'book' 'kirjailija' - 'writer' 'kirjailla' - 'to embroider' 'kirjailu' - 'embroidery' 'kirjaimellinen' - 'literal' 'kirjaimellisesti' - 'literally' 'kirjaimisto' - 'alphabet' 'kirjain' - 'letter' (of the alphabet) 'kirjallinen' - 'written; literary' 'kirjallisuus' - 'literature' 'kirjaltaja' - 'typographer' 'kirjanen' - 'booklet' 'kirjasin' - 'font' (in typography) 'kirjasto' - 'library' 'kirjata' - 'to write down, to make a note of' 'kirje' - 'letter' (document) 'kirjeellinen' - 'by letter' (adj.) 'kirjelmä' - 'letter, note, message' 'kirjelmöidä' - 'to complain (by means of writing)' 'kirjoitella' - 'to write' (now and then) 'kirjoittaa' - 'to write' 'kirjoittaja' - 'writer' (person who performs a writing work) 'kirjoittaminen' - 'writing' (action) 'kirjoittautua' - 'to get enrolled, to log in' 'kirjoittelu' - 'writing' (now and then) 'kirjoitus' - 'writing' (result) 'kirjoituttaa' - 'to have ... written' (factitive of 'kirjoittaa') 'kirjuri' - 'scribe'

dorian-graph 15y ago

You don't consider language important in conveying ideas, thinking, etc?

henrikschroder 15y ago
What are you talking about?
- joesb 15y ago
  > The only part of education where the language matters is when it comes to spelling What about differences between languages in their ability to convey ideas.
  - henrikschroder 15y ago
    We're talking about elementary school education here, I find it extremely difficult to believe that some languages are "better" than others at conveying the ideas at this level of education.

Geee 15y ago

The Finnish language is one theory. There's lots of derivative words and it's really easy to know the meaning of a new word. Look from here: http://finnish-and-pisa.blogspot.com/ http://finnish-and-pisa.blogspot.com/ There's one example of the derivation: 'kirja' - 'book' 'kirjailija' - 'writer' 'kirjailla' - 'to embroider' 'kirjailu' - 'embroidery' 'kirjaimellinen' - 'literal' 'kirjaimellisesti' - 'literally' 'kirjaimisto' - 'alphabet' 'kirjain' - 'letter' (of the alphabet) 'kirjallinen' - 'written; literary' 'kirjallisuus' - 'literature' 'kirjaltaja' - 'typographer' 'kirjanen' - 'booklet' 'kirjasin' - 'font' (in typography) 'kirjasto' - 'library' 'kirjata' - 'to write down, to make a note of' 'kirje' - 'letter' (document) 'kirjeellinen' - 'by letter' (adj.) 'kirjelmä' - 'letter, note, message' 'kirjelmöidä' - 'to complain (by means of writing)' 'kirjoitella' - 'to write' (now and then) 'kirjoittaa' - 'to write' 'kirjoittaja' - 'writer' (person who performs a writing work) 'kirjoittaminen' - 'writing' (action) 'kirjoittautua' - 'to get enrolled, to log in' 'kirjoittelu' - 'writing' (now and then) 'kirjoitus' - 'writing' (result) 'kirjoituttaa' - 'to have ... written' (factitive of 'kirjoittaa') 'kirjuri' - 'scribe'