❓How do adolescents see their immigration to a new place? ❓What do parents need to consider when making this step? Dr. Gabor Maté reflects on his own migration to Canada. During an interview for the podcast MindArchitect, Dr. Gabor Maté took a trip down the memory lane back to his family’s immigration from Hungary to […]
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*For conciseness reasons, ”refugees” includes here beneficiaries from asylum, people who have solicited asylum, as well as persons transiting the country I can imagine that only a few people have not heard yet about the on-going war between Russia and Ucraine. For most of us, it may have even turned into “yesterday’s news”, a topic
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We are encouraged more and more to keep in touch with our bodies and do a quick scan each day to see how it feels. 🤔 Wouldn’t it be useful to do a similar check to our multilingual living from time to time? Here’s some inspiration on how to do this. Beyond the joy of
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Quick reality-check: Turn on your TV or a live streaming of a public media channel. Open your window and have a look at the people you see walking on the street. Compare the what you see on the screen and on the street – ask yourself to what extent the images shown by the public
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Take-aways from this article: – inspiring examples for lifelong language learning – individual learning styles and specific study needs associated to them – professional and personal benefits of competencies in several foreign languages Bonus: a peek behind the curtains of foreign language teaching in a dictatorial political regime Every time I receive a compliment related
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Basic questions: Am I mul-ti-lin-gual? Am I “endangered species” as a multilingual? Am I polyglot as well?! You will notice a recurring word on this website. Actually, you’ve already read it in its title. Yes, yes, that long one, mul-ti-lin-guals. And maybe you’re wondering if these articles are for you. “Am I a multilingual?“, you’re
Frequent train of thought: No way, I made a grammar mistake again! -> This is so embarrassing! -> Instant blushing -> Apologising -> Reformulating -> Pronunciation error -> Correction -> Next time I’ll keep my mouth shut. Confident train of thought: Ups, grammar slip-up. -> Next time I’ll get it right. Speaking several languages confidently
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