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Week 8 [28.11-04.12] The phenomenon of bilingualism

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In times of globalisation contact with other languages is inevitable. It is estimated that more than half of the population is bilingual. The increase in migration, intensive economic exchange and fast developing tourism industry force people to learn foreign languages. Mass media and modern means of transport enable us to spread languages even faster. International marriages have never been more popular. All of these factors contribute to the growing number of bilingual people. Among them, there is one particular group which seems to benefit the most. They are called simultaneous bilinguals: people who acquire two languages from birth. http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2015-05-21-1432234752-9588891-Bilingual_kid.jpg According to many studies, simultaneous bilingual children seem to exceed monolingual children in tasks requiring abstract thinking, executive control and greater attention. In addition to having a huge impact on the human mind, bilingualism also influences emotion...
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List of blog moderators

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Put your name on the list of blog moderators (choose a week when you would like to do it). Remember, blog moderation is an obligatory part of the course. What do you do as a moderator? Choose some theme for your week. Put on the blog links to interesting articles, films, presentations, etc. Comment on them and encourage your group to discuss them with you and other course participants. 1 . 07.10-13.10.19 2. 14.10-20.10.19 Marcin L., Anna K., August M.,  3. 21.10-27.10.19 Hubert M.,Maciej S., Igor G., Piotr B., Yekateryna P., Bakhodir I.,  4. 04.11-10.11.19 RostyslavTre,  Cem A., Vitalii O., Hanna P., Olha R., Anastasiia Ch., Patrycja W., Roman B., 5. 12.11-17.11.19 Lukasz B.,Mateusz H., Mikołaj W., Iryna L., Dawid P., Oleksandr N. Karol M., Mehmet K., Monika L., Piotr Dz.,  6. 18.11-24.11.19 Kacper G.,Aleksander Ch., Daniel W., Wojciech S. Maciej Szcze., Denys P., Bartosz W., Michał Sk, Cezary R.,  Bartosz B.,  7. 25.11-01.12.19 Zy...
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Week 4 [06-12.11.2017] This is what happens when you reply to spam email.

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James Veitch is a British comedian. In today’s Ted Talk James with characteristic for himself a sense of humor shows how he deals with spam emails and why responding to junk messages may be sometimes dangerous. Questions: What do you think about James’s  way of dealing with spam? Why are junk messages legal, even though it sometimes may be a fraud? Dou you have a problem with spam? How do you deal with with it?
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