Many adult learners believe they need a large block of free time to make meaningful progress in another language. When their schedules become busy, language practice is often postponed until they can find the “right” moment. In reality, 10–15 minutes of focused daily practice can...
With the recent polemic around the language used by Canadian leadership figures, it brings us back to a simple but important point: language is not just a means of communication or a legal requirement—it’s part of identity. Over the years teaching professionals and executives in...
The Problem Your students are already pasting their emails into ChatGPT and asking it to “make it better.” The AI rewrites everything at once (grammar, tone, word choice, etc.) producing a polished result but zero learning. Students can’t see what was actually wrong, don’t understand...
What do Nobel prize-winning physicist Max Planck and management guru Peter Drucker have in common? Like many great thinkers of all kinds, they saw that one key principle was tied to success and goal achievement more than any other. There are several versions of their...
Nowadays, nearly every business in Canada – and potentially all over the globe – has some diversity level in the workplace. It is a great asset – diversity brings fresh ideas and a multicultural view of the work environment while also stimulating creativity and innovation.However,...
The world never felt as uncertain and strange as now. The coronavirus pandemic has put our daily routines on hold as we wait for release from our temporary imprisonment.We feel devastated by not being able to hug our loved ones, join big events, or simply...
Portuguese is a fascinating language that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin. As part of the Ibero-Romance groups, it is quite similar to Spanish, but full of charms that are quite unique to the lusophone people. Would you like to know more about this...
We often hear people say that someone has an accent as if it was a striking characteristic. But is it? Roberto Rey Agudo, Language Program Director for Spanish and Portuguese at Dartmouth College, defends that, from a sociolinguistic point of view, having no accent is plainly impossible....
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