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CCHLL, Part 5: Being multilingual has “multi-benefits”

Contemplating a Curriculum for Human Languages Literacy, Part 5: Being multilingual has “multi-benefits” This blog entry is the fifth (5th) in a multi-part series describing what a curriculum for human languages literacy might look like. There was a time (at

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CCHLL, Part 3: Languages have specific differences which can be compared and contrasted

Contemplating a Curriculum for Human Languages Literacy, Part 3: Languages have specific differences which can be compared and contrasted This blog entry is the third (3rd) in a multi-part series describing what a curriculum for human languages literacy might look

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CCHLL, Part 2: A language can be analyzed and studied as science

Contemplating a Curriculum for Human Languages Literacy, Part 2: A language can be analyzed and studied as science This blog entry is the second (2nd) in a multi-part series describing what a curriculum for human languages literacy might look like. Today’s

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Contemplating a Curriculum for Human Languages Literacy, Part 1: Introduction

This blog entry is the start of a 6 or 7 (or 8?) part series over the next week or two describing what a curriculum for human languages literacy might look like. What do I mean by the term language literacy or

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Languages with the most speakers, native and non-native

The chart in this article might help you decide what foreign language to learn next: agenda.weforum.org/2015/10/which-languages-are-most-widely-spoken/ But I think it is also interesting to work backwards to notice what languages have the most non-native speakers. English clearly has the most,

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Comprehensible Input vs. Traditional Methods

If you are trying to figure out what language learning methods are most effective, you should check out Comprehensible Input-Based Methods vs. Traditional Methods. This lists a number of studies comparing two approaches to language learning.

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The Many Benefits of Being Bilingual

There are so many benefits to being bilingual! And really very few to absolutely zero drawbacks. Check out this article: Know more than one language? Don’t give it up! from The Conversation. Mike

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