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Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset
A growth mindset will help you achieve more, according to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck.
Challenges: embrace them
Obstacles: persist in the face of setbacks
Effort: see it as the path to mastery
Criticism: learn from them
Success of others: find lessons and inspiration in others’ success
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When one of our students visited London
My visit to Languagelab office
I’ve been studying with Languagelab for over a year and during that time have seen many students improving so fast, which wouldn’t be possible in ‘real-life schools’.
Besides of the fact that we are able to learn and practice English like living in an…
[video]The Opportunities and Challenges of Virtual World Language Learning
The Opportunities and Challenges of Virtual World Language Learning
Based on 6 years practical experience of teaching English in virtual worlds, this talk discusses the development of language learning using the medium over the years. The speaker will highlight several different methods of language learning that virtual worlds can facilitate. The opportunities and challenge they bring and how they can differ from traditional forms of language learning will also be discussed. Examples of students who have learned English via this medium will also be shown and their motivations and success reviewed.
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Shiv co-founded Languagelab.com in 2005. Since then Languagelab has spent more than 6 years developing virtual worlds as a Language learning platform, conducting tests with hundreds of students from dozens of countries. Shiv has a Masters degree in Digital Culture & Technology, a background using technology for a variety of purposes, and is a lifelong gamer.
(Source: virtual-round-table.com)
![[infographic]The Gamification of Education](http://s.knewton.com/wp-content/uploads/gamification-education.png)
![[infographic] Video Games are Good for you](http://frugaldad.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/120322Gaming.jpg)
The Next Time Someone Says the Internet Killed Reading Books, Show Them This Chart
“Remember the good old days when everyone read really good books, like, maybe in the post-war years when everyone appreciated a good use of the semi-colon? Everyone’s favorite book was by Faulkner or Woolf or Roth. We were a civilized civilization. This was before the Internet and cable television, and so people had these, like, wholly different desires and attention spans. They just craved, craved, craved the erudition and cultivation of our literary kings and queens.
Well, that time never existed. Check out these stats from Gallup surveys. In 1957, not even a quarter of Americans were reading a book or novel. By 2005, that number had shot up to 47 percent. I couldn’t find a more recent number, but I think it’s fair to say that reading probably hasn’t declined to the horrific levels of the 1950s.”
Full Story: Atlantic
![[infographic] What happens in 1 day on the internet?](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h7xezLZR1qzxqvjo1_400.jpg)
Making a difference.
by Toni777 Hurricane
Friends and friends. I write to spread this teaching method used by Languagelab. For me it has been a true exchange for nothing. I find it interesting that in the same room are people from China, Pakistan, Italian, French, Brazilian, etc. … The various learning activities in different environments has given me a very good learning. Music lessons at the airport, a zoo, a bank. Adventures in caves, in a theater. Very good. Congratulations to the teachers and support staff. Congratulations to the students. Big hug.
Michael Gove at BETT part II - more of Michael Gove talking sense
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