It's About Language, with Norah Jones Norah Lulich Jones
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- Society & Culture
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Insightful conversations on the nature and impact of language and culture with creative leaders in the fields of education, business, arts, and science. Their stories shed light on how language makes us human - and brings hope.
Find your voice. Enter the conversation. Find your superpower.
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Episode 122 Your Language Niche: A Conversation with Gregory Nedved
I would say you can do a lot with languages–things you wouldn’t expect–and that is what I have tried to do in my life. It’s not simply reading, writing, speaking and listening. You find a niche that works for you. You find the thing you like, where you think you have a future, and youContinue reading "Episode 122 Your Language Niche: A Conversation with Gregory Nedved"
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Episode 121 Lorie Roule: Advocating for Sustainable Language Programs
Language is very important to bring people together. Communication can bring peace. If we can communicate together in a caring and loving way, there will be peace in the world. Lorie Roule’s mother, from an interview We tend to be, as a country, short-sighted about language. A problem goes away and the attention goes away,Continue reading "Episode 121 Lorie Roule: Advocating for Sustainable Language Programs"
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Episode 120 The Pulsera Project : Chris Howell
We work anywhere where we see issues or anywhere where we think that we can make a connection and work with people who are really capable. They’re extremely inspiring people. It’s the idea of connecting students with artists. Christopher Howell In a world where cultural divisions often seem insurmountable, a remarkable initiative known as theContinue reading "Episode 120 The Pulsera Project : Chris Howell"
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Episode 119 Language and Leadership Pathways: Christopher Gwin
If you become multilingual and explore the world and develop interculturality, you aren’t losing your original identity, you’re only making it stronger. Christopher Gwin Language is the pathway not to losing yourself, but to finding yourself and being grateful for your life experiences. Language learning makes you less competitive, because you have seen other practicesContinue reading "Episode 119 Language and Leadership Pathways: Christopher Gwin"
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Episode 118 Tim Brookes: Endangered Alphabets Project
Languages and scripts do not just die out. Invariably, the loss of a language or a script is the result of policy. It’s the result of invasion, it’s possibly genocide, possibly economic invasion where one culture finds that it cannot survive without taking on the guise of a more powerful culture nearby. Tim Brookes WhileContinue reading "Episode 118 Tim Brookes: Endangered Alphabets Project"
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Episode 117 The GLOBE Academy: Sandra Daniel
The association that people have had in the past with language education is not what it has evolved to become today. People are highly strategic with the way that they are using language in the classroom. Language is used for an authentic purpose, it’s used for critical thinking skills, it’s used for strategic problem-solving, soContinue reading "Episode 117 The GLOBE Academy: Sandra Daniel"
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