Archive | October, 2018

The Best Age to Learn a Language (BBC)

30 Oct
Languages

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When it comes to learning a foreign language, we tend to think that children are the most adept. But that may not be the case – and there are added benefits to starting as an adult. Click HERE to read this very good article from BBC Future. 

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This is Zambia!

10 Oct
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Zambezi River (Photo by Rob Martin)

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Elephant on the Zimbabwe side of the river (Photo by Rob Martin)

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Elephant on the Zimbabwe side of the river (Photo by Rob Martin)

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Victoria Falls, Livingstone – Explore Zambia trip (Photo by Rob Martin)

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Victoria Falls (Photo by Rob Martin)

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Mountain biking near my school (Photo by Rob Martin)

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Where is Zambia? (Photo by Rob Martin)

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American International School of Lusaka – The Leopards

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Walking India: Year 6 of a Global Journalism Journey (Support Paul!)

10 Oct

Dear Students and Parents,

Greetings from Lusaka, Zambia! I am writing to you, on behalf of Paul Salopek, to request your support for his Out of Eden Walk journey. Paul has one week left of a Kickstarter campaign (CLICK LINK) to raise money to continue his journey through India. So, far, he has raised 95% of the $50,000 U.S. dollars he is trying to raise. For four years, you followed his journey via Out of Eden Learn and some of you were fortunate to connect with him via a Google Hangout. Please consider a donation to support his walk.  Watch the video on the link and see how you can donate. 

“So far, Paul has covered 700 of 1,800 miles across India. Along this stretch of the trail, Paul and his local walking partners are exploring the mounting effects of dramatic environmental change, including climate woes, rapid urbanization, growing communal tensions in the world’s largest democracy, and the tenuous endurance of South Asia’s many varied cultures.”

I am really happy that Paul was able to visit AISC in September and to talk to you. Thank you for your support. I miss you and wish you well. I’d love to hear how you are doing, so please stay in touch. Please comment and tell me how you are doing, or email me at: martin.robert.lee@gmail.com

Peace,

Rob Martin

 

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‘Home is where my boots are.’

3 Oct

Check out this great story by the CBC on Paul Salopek. He was interviewed while he was in Chennai last month. Listen to the audio version on the way home or to school. An excerpt: 

As a long-time foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, Salopek has spent a lot of his life on the road. He says everyone he loves knows this is a part of who he is.

“It might seem crazy to some people that I could maintain family relationships, even deep friendships when I’m inching across the world for five years. But this is not a departure for me. I’ve been doing this my whole life,” Salopek told Tremonti.

He attributes his start as a global nomad to a life-changing move over the border from Southern California to a small village in Mexico.

“[It] taught me that … I may never be truly at home anywhere, I’ll feel at home everywhere to some degree, and that home is where my boots are,” he said.

It was the first rain of the season. It came with fistfuls of blown dust, and it barely wet the sand. Paul Salopek encounters the first monsoon in northern India at Milestone 58.

 

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Being bilingual!

3 Oct

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I love this Sketchnote by Alison Schofield (@educatorBMLS).

How many languages do you speak? 

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