Tag Archives: language learning

One more time! Second Languages, le premier part…

Posted on Tuesday, 9 August 2011 by

Though I’m technically still on summer break from teaching duties, it’s definitely time to start gearing up for the semester and plan my courses. However, I’ve been having a hard time transitioning my ‘summer brain’ back into activity, and so … Continue reading →

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It’s that old je ne sais what.

Posted on Thursday, 7 July 2011 by

Once upon a time, there was a little criancinha, Que estava pendurada from a little janelinha. A policeman que passou said, Qu’est-ce que tu fais ici, oh little criancinha?*   As many women grow older, they fear becoming their mothers. … Continue reading →

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On the other mano…

Posted on Friday, 29 April 2011 by

On Wednesday, I described some of the benefits of being bilingual, focusing mostly on possible cognitive advantages to growing up with two language. I believe in fairness, but even more than that, I do not think it’s possible to truly … Continue reading →

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A Language Lesson, or How I Got on the Wrong Bus and Ended Up in Asia

Posted on Wednesday, 20 April 2011 by

As you read the following description, you may be tempted to think at times that I am engaging in hyperbole for dramatic effect, or possibly that I am misremembering things as more absurd than they really were. Memory, after all, … Continue reading →

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Second Languages, le premier part…

Posted on Tuesday, 26 January 2010 by

(I’ve been trying to figure out where this is going for months…okay, that makes it sound like I’ve been at it day and night, which isn’t really true. But I am tired of tinkering with this first half and so … Continue reading →

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