According to scientists, being bilingual is good for your brain

The Yucatan Times - Staff Writer "But neuroscience researchers are [...]

June 7th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Mandarin: Confucius Institute aims to boost numbers

BBC - Pippa Stephens "The number of students learning Mandarin [...]

June 7th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, Language Immersion, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Research sheds new light on how bilingual children learn words

The New Age - Staff Writer "Parents raising children to [...]

June 6th, 2014|Categories: Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Language, Multilingual, Second Language, Toddlers|Tags: Education, School|

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Languages: Two Could Be Better Than One as Bilingualism Rises

Liberty Voice - Sibylla Chipaziwa "A recent study has found [...]

June 5th, 2014|Categories: Bilingual, Brain, Global Economy, Language, Second Language|Tags: Education, School|

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The Fitter the Kid, The Faster the Brain

PsychCentral - RICK NAUERT PHD "If having a fat child [...]

June 5th, 2014|Categories: Brain, Child Development, Childhood Obesity, Exercise, Fitness, Language, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

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Language learning: two for the price of one

The Telegraph - Heather Martin "Among a raft of new [...]

June 4th, 2014|Categories: Education, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, School|

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Learning second language ‘slows brain ageing’

BBC - Staff Writer "Learning a second language can have [...]

June 2nd, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Bilingualism offers ‘huge advantages’, claims Cambridge University boss

The Guardian - Lucy Ward "Now, installed in one of [...]

June 2nd, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, College-prep, College/University, Current Events, Early Education, Education, England, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Microsoft Unveils Skype Speech Translator, But Don’t Ditch Your Vocab Flash Cards

Asia Society - Jeff Wang "This week...Microsoft executives showed off [...]

May 30th, 2014|Categories: Computer, Foreign Language, Global Economy, Language, Second Language|Tags: Education, School|

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Top tips for sharpening language skills this summer

SmartBlog on Education - Talia Sussman "Once the school year [...]

May 28th, 2014|Categories: Education, Language, School, Skills, Students, summer|Tags: Education, School|

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