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Many of us speak English, but what do we use it to speak about? How often do we use this language to name and understand the beings beyond human civilization? When we cannot name Micah White, a community organizer and author of The End of Protest, worries that, “when we cannot name th

What do your days look like? I’ve been reading Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, a book describing the days of famous artists, writers, composers, and thinkers. Apparently the psychologist B.F. Skinner ate cornflakes every morning at the same time. The novelist Toni Morrison squeezed i

Staying on the Turkish road “What’s the best method for learning a language?” people have asked me. My answer: whatever keeps you learning – whatever keeps you on the road. I say this because no matter what methods you choose, the road will be long. In fact, there is no destination. A

Learning a New Language… Again When I was in high school and university, I studied Spanish. During my second year, I mixed up courses and didn’t have the right credits to continue with Spanish, and didn’t need more language credits to graduate, so I stopped. One of m

El aprendizaje del paladar De niño, fui muy complicado para comer. Era usuario frecuente de las largas sentadas a la mesa, con larga mirada de mi madre, para que terminara “todo lo que hay en el plato”. Y no era que no me comiera las zanahorias o el hígado o cualquier otro

Starting Out Right for Sustained Language Learning Recently I watched my friend, clinical counsellor Elana Sures, talk about values-driven goal setting during a Breakfast Television spot about New Year’s resolutions. She spoke about the importance of focussing on our values and

How to Memorize New Words without Lists or Flash Cards Most people who have learned, or tried to learn, multiple languages know the phenomenon where you try to speak one language and another comes out. This especially seems to happen with third or fourth languages – somehow your

Educación occidental: teoría vs práctica Hay momentos en los que todo educador se enfrenta a los límites de la enseñanza. Particularmente sucede a quienes enseñamos materias cargadas de contenidos abstractos, en donde explicar la relevancia de una función matemática o de una estructur

Aprendiendo con el cuerpo Como mencioné en mi post anterior sobre pedagogía alternativa, mi práctica pedagógica se ha nutrido a través de los años a partir de otras disciplinas en donde he sido alumno y no profesor. Así como del yoga aprendí a escuchar los límites de mi propio cuerpo