But it's also worth emphasising that the musical education helped these children outperform their peers in language tests – even beyond the results of kids who took extra reading classes, which is something that should make educators pay close attention.

不过值得强调的是，学音乐帮助这些孩子在语言测试中胜出，甚至超过了那些上额外阅读课的孩子，这是教育者应该密切关注的事实。

"It looks like for recognising differences between sounds, including speech sounds, it's better than extra reading. That means schools could invest in music and there will be generalisation to speech sounds," Desimone says.

德西蒙说：“这说明，要更好地辨别声音的差异，包括语言发音的不同，学钢琴比额外的阅读更有效。这意味着学校可以更重视音乐课，以普遍提高孩子的辨音能力。”

"It's not worse than giving extra reading to the kids, which is probably what many schools are tempted to do – get rid of the arts education and just have more reading."

“许多学校可能正试图多上阅读课、少上或不上艺术课，其实上音乐课并不比上阅读课外班的效果更差。”

The findings are reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

该研究结果发表在《美国国家科学院院刊》上。

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