Estratégias e dicas de inglês no ambiente de trabalho e negócios
If you want to name your baby girl Harriet, don’t live in Iceland. The country recently denied 10-year-old Harriet Cardew’s passport renewal request because her name doesn’t comply with Icelandic baby naming laws. Her name doesn’t appear on the approved list of 1,853 female and 1,712 boy names,The Guardian reports. Icelandic laws state that unless both parents… Read More
A new study from psychologists at the University of Chicago and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona finds that people using a foreign language take a relatively utilitarian approach to moral dilemmas, making decisions based on assessments of what’s best for the common good. That pattern holds even when the utilitarian choice would produce an emotionally… Read More
New research reveals that bilingualism has a positive effect on cognition later in life. Findings published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society, show that individuals who speak two or more languages, even those who acquired the second language in adulthood, may slow down cognitive decline from aging. Bilingualism… Read More
The Information Age (also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age) is a period in human history characterized by the shift from traditional industry that the industrial revolution brought through industrialization, to an economy based on information computerization. The onset of the Information Age is associated with the Digital Revolution, just as the Industrial Revolution marked the onset of the Industrial Age. During… Read More
1. How many languages are there? It’s estimated that up to 7,000 different languages are spoken around the world. 90% of these languages are used by less than 100,000 people. Over a million people converse in 150-200 languages and 46 languages have just a single speaker! Languages are grouped into families that share a common… Read More
1. Although it doesn’t look or sound right, “stupider” is the standard comparative form of “stupid”: 2. “Dumb” does mean “unable to speak,” but it also is a near-perfect synonym of “stupid.” (However, “stupid” does not share the definition of being unable to speak; its primary meaning is “unintelligent.”) Keep in mind that “dumb” and… Read More
by ALAN YU Lera Boroditsky once did a simple experiment: She asked people to close their eyes and point southeast. A room of distinguished professors in the U.S. pointed in almost every possible direction, whereas 5-year-old Australian aboriginal girls always got it right. She says the difference lies in language. Boroditsky, an associate professor of cognitive science… Read More
So, there are hundreds of apps to practice English, from grammar exercises to audio and video. A simple Google search will lead you to all of them. However, we asked our stakeholders wich apps they preferred, and three stood out: Most of our stakeholders also prefer the mobile version, this allows them ease of use,… Read More
O objetivo deste post NÃO é ironizar alunos que estão aprendendo inglês. Erros são naturais no aprendizado de um segundo idioma, especialmente expressões idiomáticas e colocações. Os erros abaixo, embora engraçados, podem ajudar a descobrir novas expressões, ampliar o vocabulário e evitar erros que são comuns, mas não óbvios. The objective of this post is NOT… Read More
A BIRD GEI | Consultoria e Gestão de Idiomas está divulgando a 11ª Pesquisa de Produtividade no Aprendizado de Idiomas no Brasil. Acompanhamos anualmente o desempenho, indicadores e resultados de aproximadamente 4.000 funcionários patrocinados pelas mais diversas empresas, mapeando e quantificando o aproveitamento e a produtividade dos alunos. Na pesquisa atual, que abrange o ano de 2015,… Read More
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