Language Barriers: Are You Prepared?

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Greg

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Got a smart phone? How about five minutes to play with it?
You could be learning a new language.
These are incredible times. We hold in our hands more computing power and storage than landed men on The Moon. Today, our smart phones put the whole of human information at our fingertips. No question is too big. No question too small.
And yet, how do we most often use these amazing devices? Sadly, it’s become increasingly clear we use them to distraction. Our fear of missing out keeps glued to social media. Sensationalism combines with psychology to keep us consuming; advertising at first, followed by disposable commodities and polarizing political ideologies.
What if we used these tiny, internet-connected devices to affect meaningful change in our personal lives?
What if we used these little machines with a greater sense of purpose?
Learning a language is a great way to do this. Not only is learning another language useful while traveling, it’s also been proven to support...


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