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Throughout the 20th century, many scientists believed that bilingual children would have trouble concentrating and learning in school. In the last decade, however, studies have proved just the opposite.

People that speak more than one language often perform better on tests that measure problem solving, concentration, mental flexibility and multitasking.

Basically, speaking more than one language keeps your brain fit!

Over half of the world’s population speak more than one language, and most countries have more than one official language. Native English speakers usually only grow up speaking one language.

Young children learn language easily, but that’s because they’re constantly surrounded by native speakers! Unfortunately, adults don’t have that luxury.

Bilingual brains have more grey matter. This part of the brain controls our muscles, sight, hearing, emotions, speech, and decision making. Learning another language makes our brains work harder and builds up our grey matter.

Some schools in the U.K. and America have started conducting lessons in one language in the morning and switching to a different language for lessons in the afternoon. Teachers say that the children concentrate much better and have more self-esteem.

For adults, it’s sometimes hard to stay motivated when learning another language, so make sure it’s always an enjoyable experience! Be sure to set goals for yourself, try a lot of different learning activities and talk to native speakers as much as you can.

Don’t worry about the mistakes you make, after all, the reward for all that hard work is well worth it!

English Corner

Learning Another Language Keeps Your Brain Fit and Healthy

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A look at how artificial intelligence might change our daily lives in the coming years.

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Express eating preferences, decide on different options and prices & irregular verbs: wollen/heißen/möchten, modal particle 'doch'.

Anna and Meili meet Paul in town. Meili had asked him in her message if he wants to eat together. That's why she wanted Paul's phone number from Anna earlier. She wants to thank him for the help, and invites both of them for dinner. While they think about what to eat, a message from Fritz arrives: he’ll be there soon, too. Has Fritz caught the Großkauf thieves yet?

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My wife and I discuss our three favorite American states. We give recommendations for travel activities as well, so if you're thinking of taking a trip to the US, this podcast could give you some ideas!

Find episode transcript at: ⁠https://american-idiom.com/f/001-our-favorite-american-states

***Detailed Vocabulary Lesson begins at 33:53***


Episode Outline:

Texas (Starts at 1:31)
Louisiana (Starts at 4:30)
Illinois (Starts at 9:34)
California (Starts at 15:44)
Michigan (Starts at 19:58)
Washington (Starts at 26:07)
New Mexico (Starts at 29:54)
Hawaii (Starts at 32:13)


Vocabulary and Examples (Starts at 33:53)

"to go all out" (used at 3:15 and 5:05 and explained at 34:18)
"to check out" (used at 8:20 and 9:24 and explained at 36:32)
"to have the sense that" (used at 8:32 and explained at 38:16)
"don't care for" (used at 9:26 and explained at 40:07)
"I can relate" (used at 11:57 and explained at 42:03)
"full disclosure" (used at 20:08 and explained at 43:42)
"I digress" (used at 23:02 and explained at 45:52)
"to be into" (used at 25:09 and 25:16 and explained at 48:02)

Brentoni's English Podcast

001 Our Favorite American States

 As we have known that ‘个gè’ the most general measure word; used for people, round objects, abstract things, such as questions / ideas, etc.

‘只zhī’ is for animal and one of certain pair things; piece or item.

We’ll learn more measure words from a song. Before our reading,  let’s familiar with the number counting as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10
And then upgrade to the unit of count to hundred ‘百bǎi’,  then to  thousand ‘千qiān’,  to ten thousand ‘万wàn’, and a hundred million is ‘亿yì’.
                          
    
 Liàng cí gē
  量    词  歌

yì tóu niú ，liǎng pǐ mǎ ，
一  头  牛，    两   匹 马，
One cow, two horses,

sān tiáo xiǎo yú ，sì zhī xiā ，
三    条   小 鱼，   四 只 虾，
Three little fish, four shrimp,

wǔ běn shū ， liù zhī bǐ ，
五   本   书，    六 支 笔，
Five books, six pens,

qī kē guǒ shù ，bā duǒ huā ，
七 棵 果  树，     八  朵 花，
Seven fruit trees, eight flowers,

jiǔ jià fēi jī ，shí liàng chē ，
九 架 飞机， 十 辆  车，
Nine planes, ten cars,

bǎi kuài shí tou ，qiān lì shā ，
百   块   石  头，    千   粒 沙，
A hundred stones, a thousand grains of sand,

wàn piàn shù yè huá lā lā ，
万   片  树  叶 哗 啦 啦，
Thousands of leaves clatter,

yì kē xīng xing màn tiān sǎ 。
亿 颗  星  星  漫   天  撒。
A hundred million stars scattered all over the sky.


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量词歌 Liàng cí gē (A Measure words song)

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