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Polygot suprise

Old Woman Polyglot Surprises Fellow Countrymen from Bernama- An 84-year-old woman living in a remote Novgorod village of Utorgosh in southern Russia surprises her fellow countrymen with the knowledge of foreign languages. Everybody, who is acquainted with Maria Ivanova, is sincerely surprised, how an ordinary villager with secondary education, who worked at the local flax-processing [...]

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Can language learning can create new brain cells

First Proof that Exercise Creates New Cells in Brain Area Affecting Age-Related Memory Loss by Seniorjournal-MRI imaging at Columbia provides first observation of new nerve cells– A researcher that focuses on Alzheimer’s disease and the aging brain is the lead author of a newly released study that proves exercise actually creates new nerve cells in [...]

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YouTube for language learning

The fact is today there are many resources to learn languages online. You have webages, radio, online TV and even YouTube.  At this juncture it is not a matter of finding resources, but finding resources of value that will help you learn.  It’s a matter of efficiency.   If you are a beginner, you need to [...]

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How to learn language learning fast

One aspect of language learning that has always fascinated me was the ability to learn language faster, though very simple techniques.   The basic techniques of accelerated language learning are 1) Learn vocabulary over grammar. 2) Read a text, translate it, create flashcards with the words you do not know and read it again.  3) Make link-words, learning though [...]

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