Writing Your Bilingual Journey
TeachersEducationLanguageTeacher CafeSelfFostering a bilingual identity can be motivating and empowering for students. Hese is a short video to help the think through the process.
How do our brains process speech? - Gareth Gaskell
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyNeuroscienceLanguageScienceThe average 20-year-old knows between 27,000 and 52,000 different words. Spoken out loud, most of these words last less than a second.
The Power of Stories to Build a Kinder World
TeachersLanguageReadingTeacher CafeSocietyCreativityIf you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
Atticus Finch, “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962)
Why Are Adults Bad At New Languages?
AdultsEducationHumanPsychologyLanguageLearning a new language as an adult is harder than doing so as a child because adults usually aren’t as invested and often use the wrong strategies.
How to learn any language in six months
AdultsCultureEducationPsychologyLanguageChris Lonsdale is Managing Director of Chris Lonsdale & Associates, a company established to catalyse breakthrough performance for individuals and senior teams.