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Bilingualism is good for learning

Cambridge University researchers are spreading the message that bilingualism is good for learning, rather than a hindrance as sometimes perceived.
Research shows that children who speak more than one language are multiply advantaged over their…

Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction

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http://www.ted.com Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. Elif Shafak builds on this simple idea to argue that fiction can overcome identity…

Female Stereotypes in Disney Films

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Do not own any clips or sounds.

**UPDATE: I have been getting some intense comments on this video, but I just want to say that this was for a class project based on stereotypes. I have no animosity against Disney. I am one of the biggest Disney…

History of Theatre 1 - From Ritual to Theatre (Subtitles: English and Español)

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On the origins of Western theater, ancient Greek theatre. More on this subject - Mark Damen:
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/chapters/021origins.htm
Spanish translation: Jc m edu (thanks!)
Personae:
Dionysus, Zeus, Arion, Thespis,…

History of Theatre 2 - Development of Classical Greek Tragedy (Subtitles: English and Español)

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On developments in classical Greek Tragedy. More on this subject - Mark Damen:
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/chapters/061gkthea.htm
Spanish translation: Jc m edu (thanks!)
Personae: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristotle
Plays:…

INFOGRAPHIC: A world of languages - and how many speak them

There are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world today. Twenty-three of these languages are a mother tongue for more than 50 million people. The 23 languages make up the native tongue of 4.1 billion people. We represent each language…

Innate Ability for Language Acquisition

The theory which asserts that human beings are genetically pre-programmed to learn language has been popularized most effectively by the American linguist Noam Chomsky. The assertion is argued on several counts. We will discuss four of these.

Mark Twain’s Patented Inventions for Bra Straps and Other Everyday Items

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Much has been made of Mark Twain’s financial problems—the imprudent investments and poor management skills that forced him to shutter his large Hartford estate and move his family to Europe in 1891. An early adopter of the typewriter and long an…

The 50 Deep Thoughts Quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881), often transliterated and uttered as Dostoevsky, was famous Russian novelist and short story writer. His works explore human psychology in the context of the troubled political…

The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TED Talks

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http://www.ted.com Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or…

The nine circles of hell from Dante's Inferno recreated in Lego by Mihai Mihu

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Михай Миху е направил забележителна визуализация на деветте кръга на Дантевия "Ад" от... лего.

What being bilingual can do for your brain

We live in a world of great linguistic diversity. More than half of the world’s population grows up with more than one language. There are, on the other hand, language communities that are monolingual, typically some parts of the English-speaking…

Алеко Константинов. Критика за автора

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Антична литература

Тук можете да намерите информация за всички значими личности и текстове на античния свят, подредена във вид на енциклопедичен речник.

Атанас Далчев. Критика за автора

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Български фрази и изрази - онлайн фразеологичен речник

Специализиран сайт за фразите, съкращенията и абревиатурите, използвани в българския език. Тук са събрани много български фрази и фразеологизми и техните значения, които са подредени по азбучен ред. Предоставена е и възможност за търсене. След…

Българският експресионизъм

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Предмет на изследване в книгата е следвоенният модернизъм в българската литература, намерил най-ярък израз в експресионистични и близки до експресионизма форми. Разглеждат се корените на течението в общоевропейски контекст и специфичните му…

Васил Априлов. Критика за автора

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Васил Друмев. Критика за автора

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Гео Милев. Критика за автора

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