because there's an observable link/cross-sharing between music and overall intellectual development.
No, you've totally missed the point, I'm afraid.
There is a correlation between participating in musical extracurricular activities and intellectual development. There is also a correlation between learning new languages and intellectual development.
This does not mean that languages and music have anything in common other than that choosing to participate requires the kind of mindset that is statistically more likely to result in increased intellectual development.
It does not mean that being musical makes you better at learning languages. It means that if you are the type of person who is musical, you are likely to also be the type of person who learns languages well.
The link you provided (and the study it cites) agrees with this claim of mine, but you cited it as if it would refute it.
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No, you've totally missed the point, I'm afraid.
There is a correlation between participating in musical extracurricular activities and intellectual development. There is also a correlation between learning new languages and intellectual development.
This does not mean that languages and music have anything in common other than that choosing to participate requires the kind of mindset that is statistically more likely to result in increased intellectual development.
It does not mean that being musical makes you better at learning languages. It means that if you are the type of person who is musical, you are likely to also be the type of person who learns languages well.
The link you provided (and the study it cites) agrees with this claim of mine, but you cited it as if it would refute it.