August 9, 2007 at 4:59 am
· Filed under General language learning, Learn Russian
Speak a languages like Jason Bourne
One of my favorate movies has been the Bourne Identity films. Jason Bourne a very bad guy turned good, or at least seeks redemption has amazing language abilities. He speaks many language without effort as a result of intensive language training from some special goverment program. I would love to have this ability to go [...]
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June 12, 2007 at 6:36 am
· Filed under General language learning, Languages and the world, Learn Polish, Learn Russian, Learn Ukrainian
The UK has a new multi lingual police force. The policy in the UK is now to deploy numerous police with a variety of languages. Their forces, particularly in London and other major cities, speak 14 languages, including Polish, Czech, Lithuanian and British Sign Language.
I personally know English police that have come to study in [...]
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March 31, 2007 at 9:09 am
· Filed under Being bilingual, Children, babies and language, General language learning
Babies and languages
For baby, the more languages, the better Landmark research reveals multilingual upbringings benefit babies by Robert Bazell NBC’s Nightly news-Babies’ brains develop differently in bilingual environments. Recent studies show that babies who learn two or more languages at once actually perform better at certain tasks — mental dexterity brought on by a bilingual [...]
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Tags: babies, babies and langauges, multilingual