Are musicians better language learners?

Children who learn music from a young age find it easier to learn languages even in adulthood, research has found

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eLearning Trends to Follow in 2015 [Infographic]

Fantastic infographic with eLearning Trends to you should follow in year 2015.

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25 Fascinating Charts Of Negotiation Styles Around The World | Business Insider

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Language is only the most obvious part of the global communication gap. Different cultures also have distinct approaches to communication during meetings a

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How To Leave Work At 5 P.M. And Still Get Everything Done

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The hours stretch on, the to-do list grows,you have to work late again, otherwise you’ll never get it all done—right? Wrong.

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Why do we learn English? (Part 2 – optimistic)

Зачем нам теперь английский язык? (часть вторая – оптимистическая)

Несколько дней назад я написала этот пост. Пессимистический, да, не скрою. Никак не ожидала бурных обсуждений, за что отдельное спасибо всем – это был мой первый в жизни публичный пост. Но что я не ожидала больше – так это то, что на него откликнутся мои бывшие ученики.

Уж не знаю являются ли они, к моей радости, постоянными читателями

Зачем нам теперь английский язык?

Сегодня разговаривала со своей сестрой, она большая умница, хорошо известная в своих научных кругах. Организует сейчас весеннюю международную конференцию, как обычно проходящую в Москве ежегодно в это время. Так вот.

Не регистрируются что–то.

Коллеги.

Из западных стран.

Не то, чтобы категорически отказываются. Но каждый

The Pointlessness of Unplugging

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If it takes unplugging to learn how better to live plugged in, so be it. But let’s not mistake such experiments in asceticism for a sustainable way of life. For most of us, the modern world is full of gadgets and electronics, and we’d do better to reflect on how we can live there than to pretend we can live elsewhere.

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14 things that are obsolete in 21st century schools

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Top ten questions for the PhD oral exam — Advice for authoring a PhD or academic book — Medium

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When you have finally finished writing a PhD dissertation or thesis, and submitted it to the university for review, you are at the end of a…

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New project

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Blog | Russell Stannard’s Blog | Writing about research in technology and language learning.

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Infographics for Students

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happy relationships

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Moodle: Shortcut to OpenBadges

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Open Badges and Moodle, A Quick guide

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Sochi 2014: Russia’s numbers game

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When Russia bid to host its first Winter Olympics back in 2007, the document quoted an expected cost of around $12 billion.

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TinyPNG – Compress PNG images while preserving transparency

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Make your website faster and save bandwidth. TinyPNG compresses your PNG images by 50-80% while preserving full transparency!

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