Bilingual Brains are Better!

Well... trilingual, multilingual! I once heard a man on France Culture who could read more than 40 languages and spoke more than 20!
I've just discovered Trace Dominguez. You can have more of him here: scroll down to the vids: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/my-dc-discovery-news-trace-dominguez_n_2863188.html#slide=2209405

A young girl and her scientific experiment

A child's experiment turns into a lesson on the toxins in our food supply.  
 

What makes a hero?

What makes a hero? by Matthew Winkler

War vocabulary

A great way to learn War vocabulary... still a current issue in many countries of the world.
Some of our soldiers are at war too. Let us not forget it.
Part 1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/specials/cojo/conflict1/Course/asset/main.html
Part 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/specials/cojo/conflict2/Course/asset/main.html

2014!

I wish you all, my students and the visitors, a year of discoveries and enlightenments. Hope 2014 will keep you safe and that you'll make the most of it. Work well, rejoice with your beloved, seize the day.
 (Grammar note: the only time when most can be preceded by the article!) 

As a gift for the New Year, I thought you might enjoy doing this short test to discover which brain you use most. 
So... are you left-brained?  Of or relating to a person whose behavior is dominated by logic, analytical thinking, and verbal communication, rather than emotion and creativity 
Or are you right-brained? Of or relating to a person whose behavior is dominated by emotion, creativity, intuition, nonverbal communication, and global reasoning rather than logic and analysis.

http://en.sommer-sommer.com/braintest/