Resources

Study tips from memory researchers

(An article presents eight learning tips.  It is always helpful to be familiar with the science of learning.)

Moral decisions in a foreign language

(A surprising study about making decisions about problems presented in a native and a foreign language.)

Language affects how you think

(Interesting cultural information about gendered languages and how the speakers of such languages perceive reality.)

How language shapes one’s view of the world

(An article about different ways various languages organize and categorize the reality of the speakers.)

Fascinating lecture about language and worldview by Dr. Lera Boroditsky: How Languages Help Us Construe and Construct

7 Language – Learning Myths.  Points out that in comparison to other languages, English contains less cultural nuances.  To be successful our students need to learn cultural norms of other countries.

 

Langues and drugs.

Foreign language and “talent”

 

 

 

Spanish language study resources:

Spanish language dictionary

Spanish Audio Dictionary

On-line Spanish keyboard

http://www.digitaldialects.com/Spanish.htm

http://readlang.com/

Más Arriba exercises

Beginning Spanish Textbook

Spanish 1 Textbook

Lingua.ly a fun way to read the web

Spanish Learning Lab

On-line Spanish textbook

On-line Spanish textbook 2

Spanish dict

News in slow Spanish

Spanish Internet TV

Live mocca

Games for language study

  Blog de español

Educational Materials in Spanish (Educatina)

All about corn

All about the weather

Podcasts for language learning

http://www.quia.com/shared/spanish/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sas-flash-cards/id364784968?mt=8

https://rockalingua.com/games

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