Commit to Lifelong Learning
"perpetuam uitae doctrina!"
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever." Mahatma Gandhi.

Why not Learn a New Language?
Enrich Your Life! We are here to point you in the right direction and cheer you on.
The Benefits of Lifelong Learning:
How Foreign Language Study Can Keep Your Brain Healthy
Are you looking for a lifelong learning activity that can help keep your brain healthy? Consider learning a foreign language!
Studies have shown that learning a new language can be beneficial to your mental health, and is a great way to stay mentally active as you age.
On this page, we will explore the various benefits of lifelong learning through foreign language study and how it can improve your brain health.
Improvement in brain health
Learning a foreign language offers many cognitive benefits. Studies have found that being bilingual or multilingual can help improve memory, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills, enhance concentration and ability to multitask, and even increase listening skills. Moreover, bilingual or multilingual people tend to display greater creativity and flexibility in comparison to those who only speak one language.
In addition to these cognitive benefits, learning a foreign language can also be beneficial for mental health.
According to research, being bilingual or multilingual helps to stave off mental aging and cognitive decline, allowing individuals to stay sharp and alert as they age. This means that learning a foreign language can help to keep the brain healthy and active.
Another benefit of learning a foreign language is that it can open up opportunities for travel and seeing the world.
Knowing a foreign language allows you to relate to more people, learn about different cultures, and find employment in new places. It also enables you to expand your social circles and explore different cultures and societies. All of this can lead to greater cultural understanding and a richer life experience.
Here are Links to Additional Information on a Few Popular Languages
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Danish
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Dutch
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Indonesian
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ItalianList Item 4
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Norwegian
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PolishList Item 2
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RussianList Item 3
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Swedish
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Turkish
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Some Popular Schools that Offer Online Language Courses.
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BabbelList Item 1
The Babbel language learning platform is one of the first such online learning platform to provide foreign-language instructions ..."through real-life conversations". According to "Babbel", "The Babbel method uses the empirically-proven techniques created by curriculum experts. They’ve created 13,000 hours of content and more than 50,000 lessons across 14 languages."
Take a look!
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Berlitz
Berlitz is a well-established and well-known language training center which has been around for more than 140 years. Berlitz offers language and cultural training for adults, kids and teens, businesses and governments. Berlitz offers more than 35 languages to its student body. Among the most popular languages taught by Berlitz, are: Spanish, German, Mandarin, Japanese, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Korean, French, Russian, Italian, Dutch.
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Busuu
The Busuu language learning platform hosts a community of more than 120 million native speakers around the world. Busuu is considered one of the world's most respected language education companies. Students who successfully complete the language training will receive a widely-recognized certificate. Busuu is also a provider of language training to employees of more than 500 companies, worldwide.
Consider Busuu for your language learning needs!
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Fluent City
FluentCity is an online language learning platform which emphasizes conversational techniques in its teaching approach. FluentCity provides expert training in the following languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese, German, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Hebrew and English.
FluentCity offers Private Study Plans, Group Study plans and Corporate Training.
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italki
italki is a language learning platform which provides one-on-one language training to more than 5 million language learners around the world. This learning platform offers more than 150 languages and is supported by more than 20,000 instructors, worldwide. The italki student and teacher community is a rich source of knowledge and cultural insight for the individual learner.
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Language Bird
LanguageBird is a unique type of online language learning platform, offering live, one-on-one language training to its students. LanguageBird students can receive high school credits for their language training. "Students create their own schedule and attend sessions when it is most convenient (for them)".
LanguageBird offers a portfolio of 15 world languages.
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LearnaLanguage
The LearnaLanguage online language learning platform focuses its language training on language immersion, to some extent. Here, the training encourages students to converse with native speakers of the language, read books in the chosen language, learn the cultural aspects of countries in which the language is spoken, and correspond in writing to friends, acquaintences and business associates in tehe chosen language. LearnaLanguage offers a portfolio of 19 languages to its students.
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Mondly
Mondly (by Pearson) teaches apprximately 41 language combinations by way of its award-winning app. Through its app, Mondly presents its language training is such a way that students almost feel as though they are playing a game. This approach makes the language-learning process more palatable and fun. Some of the languages available on Mondly include: English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Chinese, Arabic and Japanese. Give Mondly a try!
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Pimsleur
The Pimsleur Method of language training focuses on four principles as the basis of language-training delivery. These principles are:
- Graduated Interval Recall;
- Principle of Anticipation;
- Core Vocabuary;
- Organic Learning.
Pimsleur offers a portfolio of 50 languages to its students.
Take a look!
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Preply
The Preply online, language learning platform boasts a contingent of more than 32,000 experienced tutors, who provide one-on-one instruction at the student's convenience.
Preply offers language training programs for individuals, kids and businesses.
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Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone has been a household name in foreign language training for almost 30 years. Rosetta Stone offers a portfolio of 25 languages to its students, and caters to individuals, corporations and schools. According to Rosetta Stone: "The best way to pick up a language is to surround yourself with it. We help you learn efficiently through real-world scenarios, interactive activities, and audio from native speakers."
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StoryLearning is a language training company which delivers its training through a unique, effective story-telling method. According to the company's founder, Olly Richards, "The magic of learning through stories is that you can hardwire the language directly into your brain, through the same natural learning process children use to acquire their native language."
French with a comical twist
Video courtesy,
Wah!Banana.
How to call human body parts in Spanish?
Video courtesy,
Daily Spanish Conversation