LBCC - Memory Tricks

Le programme du FLE (Français Langue Etrangère) Les ministères français de l’éducation nationale et de l’enseignement supérieur proposent une large gamme de certifications en français langue étrangère pour valider les compétences en français, depuis les premiers apprentissages jusqu’aux niveaux les plus avancés. L’offre est adaptée à tous les âges et tous les publics. Les diplômes DELF et DALF sont indépendants et sanctionnent la maîtrise des quatre compétences langagières. Ils sont valables sans limitation de durée. Validées par une équipe de psychométriciens experts en évaluation, ces certifications sont internationalement reconnues et fréquemment utilisées par les ministères étrangers en charge de l’éducation. Elles sont présentes dans plus de 1 000 centres d’examen répartis dans 164 pays.

Playing video games may make you happier, study finds The research by the University of Oxford analyzed the effects of playing two popular video games: Nintendo's "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" and Electronic Arts' "Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville." It found that time spent playing the games was associated with players reporting that they felt happier. But the study was limited to those two titles, and researchers did not explicitly conclude that increased play time was what caused participants to experience better mental health.

What Is the Memory Capacity of the Human Brain? Can an old head injury suddenly cause detrimental effects much later in life?—Anonymous, via e-mail Douglas Smith, professor of neurosurgery and director of the Center for Brain Injury and Repair at the University of Pennsylvania, answers: frenchtoday Learning French, like any other new language, implies a lot of memorization, and often, as adults, our memory is not what it used to be. These 12 tips will help you memorize new information longer, and learn French more efficiently. 12. Remembering my father My dad passed away peacefully at home yesterday, surrounded by his family. We will miss him more than we can express right now. We are feeling grief but also gratitude. My dad’s passing was not unexpected—he was 94 years old and his health had been declining—so we have all had a long time to reflect on just how lucky we are to have had this amazing man in our lives for so many years. And we are not alone in these feelings. My dad’s wisdom, generosity, empathy, and humility had a huge influence on people around the world.

How to Improve Your French with French Movies - Learn French Lots of students seem to believe that watching French movies is a great way to improve their French. It can be, but only if you have the appropriate level of French. You should be ready to "work" with the movie, not just casually watch it with the English subtitles on. Audio Player - Gaia’s new data takes us to the Milky Way’s anticentre and beyond The motion of stars in the outskirts of our galaxy hints at significant changes in the history of the Milky Way. This and other equally fascinating results come from a set of papers that demonstrate the quality of ESA’s Gaia Early third Data Release (EDR3), which is made public today. Astronomers from the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) saw the evidence of the Milky Way’s past by looking at stars in the direction of the galaxy’s ‘anticentre’. This is in the exact opposite direction on the sky from the centre of the galaxy. The results on the anticentre come from one of the four ‘demonstration papers’ released alongside the Gaia data.

frenchtoday Many beginner and intermediate French students are looking for French movies easy enough to understand. It's quite a challenge, so I asked my students and ex-students to help me put together a list of French films they found easier to understand, and these were the most popular results. Please keep in mind these are not the most famous French movies, nor the classics, but they are listed here because they are somewhat easy to understand for French learners. Understanding movies in French is a BIG challenge, so don’t feel bad if you cannot do it. Just use the subtitles and enjoy the movie :-) A Holiday Gift to Teachers: My Top 10 List of Free Educational Technology Tools - Catapult Learning Many educators are intrigued by the use of educational technology in their classrooms and with their students. They want to move past the productivity stage to the point of truly enhancing their own teaching and their students’ learning through educational tools. However, there are so many tools available that many teachers feel overwhelmed. Additionally, educational technology tools sometimes require downloads or access to hardware and software licenses that the school may not have. After over a decade of working with teachers to improve their ability to infuse technology into the curriculum, here is my Top 10 list of free educational technology tools for 2014-2015.

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 201 6 About a year ago, I published an e-book called the Teacher’s Guide to Tech. Over the last month, I have been updating it for 2016, adding over 30 new tools and refreshing the information I had about the original ones. I have to say, the 2015 version was excellent, but now it’s SO MUCH BETTER. (To take a peek at the guide, scroll to the bottom of this post.) GameStop's stock is soaring, thanks to Reddit. Here's why Who's the monster and who's the hero, in this case, depends entirely on your perspective. On the other you have hedge funds and short-sellers — those who've placed bets that a company's stock will crash. These are Wall Street elite, the sort of investors millions of people rely on to make the smart decisions that boost their portfolios. But they're detested by many Millennials and Gen Zers for creating a house-of-cards financial system that led to the 2008 crisis.