We love school part IV: an ironic and humorous look at the world of teaching from both teachers and students’ perspectives
Sneaked or Snuck?
Sneak (snik) v. sneak n., adj. v.i. 1. to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk. 2. to act in a furtive or underhand way. v.t. 3. to move, put, pass, etc., in a stealthy or furtive manner: He sneaked the gun into his pocket. 4. to do, take, or have hurriedly or surreptitiously:… Read More
We love school part III: an ironic and humorous look at the world of teaching from both teachers and students’ perspectives
We love school part II: an ironic and humorous look at the world of teaching from both teachers and students’ perspectives
We love school part I: an ironic and humorous look at the world of teaching from both teachers and students’ perspectives
Homens de verdade não dizem “que lindo”. Psicologistas usam linguagem do Tweeter para analisar estereótipos
O que há em um tweet? Do gênero à educação, as palavras usadas nas mídias sociais carregam impressões para os outros. Usando tweets publicamente disponíveis, psicólogos sociais e cientistas da computação do Centro de Psicologia Positiva da Universidade de Pensilvânia, Alemanha e Austrália estão nos ajudando a analisar os estereótipos formados por escolhas de palavras… Read More
Cérebro “lê” frases da mesma forma em português ou inglês
Uma equipe de pesquisa internacional liderada pela Universidade Carnegie Mellon descobriu que quando o cérebro “lê” ou decodifica uma frase em inglês ou português, seus padrões de ativação neural são os mesmos. Publicado em NeuroImage, o estudo é o primeiro a mostrar que diferentes línguas têm assinaturas neurais semelhantes para descrever eventos e cenas. Utilizando… Read More
12 Random Facts about Languages
Halloween in numbers
$6.9 billion: Total Halloween consumer spending in the United States expected for 2015. 64: Percent of Americans who plan to celebrate Halloween this year. 41.2 million: Potential trick-or-treaters ages 5-14. $74.34: The average amount Americans will spend on candy, costumes, and decorations. $2.1 billion: Projected spending on Halloween candy in the U.S. in 2015. Homemade costume ideas… Read More
Collocation, collocation, collocation (Brazilian learners)
What is a collocation? A collocation is two or more words that often go together. These combinations just sound “right” to native English speakers, who use them all the time. On the other hand, other combinations may be unnatural and just sound “wrong”. Look at these examples: Natural English… Unnatural English… the fast train fast… Read More
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