How to make your brain grow
What if you could take a pill to make your brain grow and you would be a super genius language learner? Would it work? If and only if you practiced. The whole thing about the brain is not the number of neurons, but the rate at which the neurons can […]
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how to remember
Do you remember the scene in Saving Private Ryan when Private Ryan could not remember any of his brother’s faces? And Captain Miller played by Tom Hanks said ‘it is because you are not associating it with anything, try to remember a specific memory, than you will see their faces.’ Similarly […]
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Language learning is not genetically determined. You do not need to be a super star to speak a language. Everyone speaks a language and the skills and ability to speak a new language are more general than specific as we can use various parts of the brain.
This article looks at people’s predisposition to learn a language […]
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How babies learn a language
How babies learn languages I think how babies learn language is common sense. Many times linguists have crazy theories about how babies learn language. But the bottom line is babies systematically sort though sounds and categorizes them to create a structure which they can subsequently hang further linguistic information. It is […]
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Since 2004 when Poland joined the EU, there has been an influx of Polish people working in professional and other jobs in the UK. Many of these jobs have been in the field of day care. In the UK there are legions of Polish nanny’s watching over UK children especially kids from age 0 to […]
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This quote is from James Fenimore Cooper’s classic “Last of the Mohicans”
Although Cooper’s writing is a bit old fashion and forgive his non politically correctness, his description of Native American languages very interesting, beautiful and I think accurate. If you have ever tried to learn languages that are not French, German, Spanish or typical Western European languages you […]
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Linguists have dubbed it “proto-world” or “proto-sapiens.” language
The idea that all human language has a common root is a controversial theory, but even more is the idea of one world language. The story of the tower of Babel is certainly a great story that alludes to the idea that all human language had one world […]
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Free Russian dating
Russian dating sites are not just about dating or finding a match, they can be fun for flirting and improving your language skills. The question is which are the best Russian language dating sites? I think the best things in life are often free.
Russians are generally bright, educated and very cultured. Russian and […]
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English is not spoken in Crimea. I thought the magic language of English thats works everywhere would be spoken in Crimea. Not even a little. Not even one word. Not even young Russian students. Ukrainian is the offical language but really Russian is spoken a bit more. Also Tartar is spoken by a small minority. […]
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Being in Crimea, Ukraine I feel very safe. The people are friendly and police are everywhere. It is remarkable that you can have so many people from, mostly the CIS in one concentrated place, and it is clean nd safe. Plenty of bank machines for cash. No aggressive people or people who look like they will […]
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