How can I speak English fluently? An answer to this question comes from information processing theory. This theory says that language learning (in-company language trainning or online language training) is a skill like any other. To be successful at that skill, we first need ‘declarative knowledge’. Think of declarative knowledge as ‘knowledge that’: for example, ‘I know that the …
Is Language Training really needed for Expats? Who was better integrated: Mick, who did not take Turkey language lessons in Istanbul, or Clemencia, who took Portuguese language lessons in Rio de Janeiro? An expatriate is defined as a person temporarily or permanently residing as an immigrant, in a country other than that of their citizenship The actual origin of …
What is your best professional memory/moment this year? On 1st January 2016, as the CEO of an international company with a small workforce, instead of enjoying a relaxing start to a new year, I was putting out fires in BiCortex Languages, attempting to solve every single issue that arose within marketing, sales, accounting, finance, operations …
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This article analyses the way Relocation Management Companies (RMCs) and Destination Servive Providers (DSPs) utilize technology to get updated and update their customers from the field in real time, when providing destination services. Many relocation companies may declare that they already provide all the details in real time, but do they take advantage of the …
Since the age of 16, I have been travelling to Spain alone to visit my (now) husband and his family. I am British native, and was notoriously disastrous with languages at this time, just about getting by in Spanish at school, understanding ‘chicle en la basura’ more than anything else. Being so young and only …
Languages…. so interesting and mysterious… always have been for me I am one of those ‘language nerds’ who could do the grammar or vocabulary exercises just to kill time. Somehow, I always knew I would study languages but wasn’t sure which one exactly for some time. My native language is Serbian. In school I learnt English and Russian but there were …
The landscape of my garden of languages was designed during early childhood. The focal fountain, from which I would forever be nurtured, loved & comforted by, is Spanish. As the language of my heritage, it stood to reason that it be the one at the center of my jardín. It was important to the original jardineros, mis …
Successful Language Training: What Does it Look Like, and What Can it Provide? Successful language training often helps employees determine if they can easily accept a global assignment. Many transferees may have a commanding grasp of several languages. Language proficiency and other professional skills often prepare them well for work in a new location. However, …
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No doubt that learning a language online is becoming very popular. BiCortex Languages uses its own virtual classroom to teach languages online. The future is the 3D virtual classroom for online lessons. The idea of learning by doing is not a new approach: it is proved that people remember 90% of what they do and only 30% of …
English teacher in focus English Teacher: Alexandre Duarte Teaches and translates: Portuguese, Spanish and English Lives: São Paulo, Brazil Loves: Basketball, live music, BBQ “We went to Disney Land and never came back” When São Paulo-born Alexandre Duarte was 10 years old he and his family went on a trip to southern California. “It was the 1980’s. …
