Can muggle and hunny help children learn English?
According to Cambridge academic, Professor Maria Nikolajeva, made-up words in books like Winnie the Pooh and Harry Potter ‘can help children learn English’. The puns, linguistic inventions and fantastical names given to characters and places in fiction also allow children to understand the symbolic meaning of words. “The creative employment of language in children’s books […]
Does Practice Make Perfect?
Well according to a new book by sociologist, Malcolm Gladwell, yes it does. According to him, the best way to achieve international stardom is to spend 10,000 hours honing your skills. The greatest athletes, entrepreneurs, musicians and scientists emerge only after spending at least three hours a day for a decade mastering their chosen field. […]
A new gift to the world.
Britain’s prime minister, Gordon Brown, has announced “a boost to English language learning, teaching and training facilities for people throughout the world”. “I want Britain to make a new gift to the world”, he said in his You Tube announcement. “My plan is that in the next 10 years at least 1 billion more people […]