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Learning, struggling, building character, and expanding our minds
October 17, 2014This week, some brief—and a bit more personal—reflections on the value of our mental challenges and struggles, and how...
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Learning a new language: why we should bother!
September 25, 2014I find myself beginning this week’s post with the same reference as last week’s, to Simon Kuper’s piece about...
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Struggling to learn a language, growth mindsets, and another opening to systems thinking
September 18, 2014Last week, I referred to a Financial Times opinion piece by Simon Kuper about language learning, entitled “Learning another language? Don’t...