Estratégias e dicas de inglês no ambiente de trabalho e negócios
Test of English as a Foreign Language or TOEFL, is a standardised test of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers wishing to enroll in U.S. universities. The test is accepted by many English-speaking academic and professional institutions. TOEFL is one of the two major English-language tests in the world, the other being the IELTS. TOEFL is a trademark of ETS (Educational… Read More
Which parts of a person’s face do you look at when you listen them speak? Lip movements affect the perception of voice information from the ears when listening to someone speak, but native Japanese speakers are mostly unaffected by that part of the face. Recent research from Japan has revealed a clear difference in the… Read More
10 basic problems that prevent education systems from regaining its former preeminence: 1. Parents are not involved enough. 2. Schools are closing left and right. 3. Schools are overcrowded. 4. Technology comes with its downsides. 5. There is a lack of diversity in gifted education. 6. School spending is stagnant, even in improving economies. 7.… Read More
When people hear another person talking to them, they respond not only to what is being said — those consonants and vowels strung together into words and sentences — but also to other features of that speech — the emotional tone and the speaker’s gender, for instance. Now, a report provides some of the first… Read More
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
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
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
$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
birdgei.com