Tag: Education
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Language Anxiety: Let’s Talk About It
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Have you ever gotten clammy, nervous, or felt your heart race when you were in your Spanish or French class? Most of us have been there. This feeling is called xenoglossophobia (zen-o-glos-o-phobia), this is a situation specific anxiety whenever someone has to communicate in a language different from…
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Socioeconomic Disparities in Second Language Education in the United States
Photo by Matt Hoffman on Unsplash With the rise of the travel industry as well as the interest in modern languages, we can anticipate a drastic increase in multilingualism in the nearby future. According to iLangugues.org, 60% of the world identifies as bilingual/trilingual/multilingual while the remaining 40% identifying as monolingual in predominately English-speaking countries. With…
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The Psychology of the Underdog
Photo by DISRUPTIVO on Unsplash They have always had the odds stacked against them but, when push comes to shove, they always keep trying their best; the underdog knows that their chances of victory are small but, for them they just need to know that they have a chance to keep going. We have seen…