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Brain health benefits to language learning
Great news for language learners! Studying a second language can lower your risk of certain degenerative brain conditions.
Great news for language learners! Studying a second language can lower your risk of certain degenerative brain conditions.
Do a little of something everyday and it becomes a habit. Do a little language learning everyday and that language becomes embedded and you won’t forget it.
My infamous mistake at aged 14 when I was on a French exchange. In answer to the question, “Do you want anymore dinner?” I said, “a pea”- un petis pois in French rather than, “a little bit”- un petit peu. Read more…
When you speak to someone who isn’t proficient in a language they are speaking, sometimes there is a time delay for their answers. It isn’t that they don’t understand, it’s just that they need time to work out what to Read more…
When you learn a second (or third of fourth…) language, people always ask this. Here are some of the meanings of fluent: What I would add is that you can be fluent in one area of the language, for example Read more…
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