by Alejandra Fonseca | Apr 15, 2014 | Language and Culture
Adults, as well as children react more to non-verbal communication than to the spoken words. Young children react more to non-verbal communication. This is because they are highly impressionable and are very adept at imitation. Parents, siblings and other people that...
by Alejandra Fonseca | Mar 14, 2014 | Language and Culture
Learning a new language always presents some difficulty but music can make it easier to learn a foreign language. Were you ever surprised when a song that you haven’t heard for some time got you to sing along, clearly singing the lyrics of the song? Catchy...
by Alejandra Fonseca | Feb 28, 2014 | Language and Culture
Air travel safety is a major concern. Air traffic controllers, with their communication skills and their own unique language keep people safe. If you are a frequent flier, you understand that the air traffic controller, partnered with pilot skills, are the two...
by Alejandra Fonseca | Jan 14, 2014 | Language and Culture
It has been thought that the brain processes language, including grammar and syntax in an abstract way. A recent study says that a listener’s language processing is affected by the speaker’s gender For decades it has been thought that the brain processes...
by Alejandra Fonseca | Nov 18, 2013 | Language and Culture
Spanish is the second most widely spoken language around the globe, with more than 329 million speakers. It ranks a far second to Chinese which has 1.2 billion speakers but slightly edges English, which has 328 million speakers. According to Ethnologue, nearly 3...
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