In this video Professor Arguelles talk about the global problem of reading, he
says every time more people stop reading for own initiative, he spoke about
their last visit to Berlin and the decrease number of libraries in the street what
he notes.
Before he speak about the correlation between academy
success and vocabulary, taking in consideration books readers and their habits in
comparison with non readers.
He introduces intense reading concept related with the hard work of try to
understood information, search facts, immerse in the book searching real
knowledge for own, enjoying the process. And he establish another comparison
with extensive reading, this type of
reading is for enjoy, no need for a dictionary, is little more hard because we
are confronting with so many new words and expressions but we do this just for
fun, not for obligation.
Texts
for extensive reading: he
recommends long texts of any category for improve our vocabulary and for start
knowing a couple new words (rare, uncommon, extrange words) for each new novel
or text book what we pickup.
Reading
as tool
Arguelles says: Before you start reading in
four languages make sure reading well in your own language. That is a necessary
skill for interpret signs in another languages, is like mounting in a bicycle,
you just need learn that one time and carry it in the new language what we try
to learn.
Reading
aloud
Different than just conversation, really good
for feeling the rhythm of the text and the words. He mention how asking to
their own university students, read it aloud and the problem what that
represents sometimes for they, despite being natives.
Best method:
Bilingual
texts for establish comparison
with the original text and the new words in another language. When you have
reading close to fifteen bilingual books go to the next level: read novels. Go back
to the originals texts often, maybe after a month o just a couple weeks later
for improve your deeper comprehension of the book meaning.
Audiobooks
Many people are not agree with audiobooks
because they think that are just for blind or have many prejudice about
audiobooks users. Arguelles was one of them. Useful for start to immerse in the
world of poliliteracy.
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The attention disorder with or without
hyperactivity (ADD, ADD, ADHD) is one of the most common problems among
children who attend school and is one of the diseases most commonly diagnosed
between 6 and 12 years of age also in adolescents and adults, including
medication to restore attention and avoid learning problems but usually this
medication often has side effects or a tendency to cause addiction.
One of the most commonly used pills to treat
ADHD in children and adolescents is Ritalin. Many parents seek alternatives to the
drug because they know their adverse effects or want to avoid using this potent
derivative of amphetamines in their own children, it is why in this post we
will investigate more about the benefits of nootropics to treat the disorder
attention in school children.
The most common nootropics can start using
parents as alternatives to the use of Ritalin or other drugs can be addictive
noopept combinations, Piracetam or Oxiracetam to have potent effects on
cognition of people, but clearly have to be making adjustments So we want to
know if they are actually having an effect on the kids or the use produced the
expected benefits. It should be noted that the time of
action of nootropics can vary greatly so we recommend keeping a journal where
note is taken about dosage and administration of nootropics to their own
specifications, these changes should always be measured From the second week,
that is, most nootropics usually have noticeable effects only after the second
week of administration.
Not to say that all nootropics work the same in children with ADHD
but we can say that they are more than proven to maintain focus, improve
cognition, focus on specific tasks and improve brain oxygenation alternative.
Always consult a doctor before any doubt but as cognitive supplements
nootropics are a stable and safe alternative for people who want to start an
alternative treatment without contraindications or possibility of addiction as
they allow the most common nootropics that exist today in the market.
Clearly, many parents seeking healthier alternatives and not the
powerful addictive drug treatments like Ritalin that are more or less common
management among physicians treating cases of attention disorder but the truth
is that the results may have nootropics the extent to which each parent is
informed about the benefits of different brands and combinations there on the
market today.
The attention disorder with or without
hyperactivity is a typical childhood disease that often causes serious problems
in school children who are unable to pay attention for several minutes at a
class or directed by their teachers, this is one of the main reasons It causes
that parents should resort to consultation with the medical specialist who
usually after several studies and referrals often choose dosages of specific
drugs for focus, attention and cognition as Ritalin, which among its various
trademarks keeps be a derivative of amphetamine and as such can be addictive
and cause long-term dependence which in truth has not been fully studied in the
long term, which is also another common topic about because many parents are
reluctant to use this type of medication for their children, because although
their short-term effects are usually verifiable, since it works keeping
attention, little is known about whether you have side effects on the brain of
the growing child.
Kiam mi estis infano en Maino, unu el miaj ŝatokupoj estis serĉi sablodolarojn (klipasteroidojn) ĉe la marbordo, ĉar miaj gepatroj diris, ke ili estas feliĉigiloj. Nu, sciu ke tiuj bestetoj malfacile troveblas. Ili kaŝas sin en la sablo, kaj estas apenaŭ videblaj. Iom post iom, tamen, mi alkutimiĝis trovi ilin. Mi komencis vidi formojn kaj spurojn, kiuj helpis min pri mia kolektado.
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Tiu okupo iĝis pasio pri la malkovro de kaŝitaĵoj, pri la pasinteco kaj arkeologio. Fine, mi ekstudis egiptologion, kaj ekkomprenis ke vidi nur nudokule ne sufiĉas. Subite, en Egiptio, mi trovis min antaŭ «plaĝo» 800 mejloj-longa apud la Nilo, kaj miaj sablodolaroj nun estis grandaj kiel urboj. Tiu situacio instigis min al uzo de persatelita imagado. Por mapigi la pasintecon, mi konsciis ke mi bezonas vidi novmaniere.
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Jen ekzemplo pri kiel oni vidas malsame uzante infraruĝan lumon. Tio ĉi estas Bendix, loko situata en la orienta egiptia delto. La loko ŝajnas bruna, sed per infraruĝa lumo kaj taŭga traktado, subite, uzante falsajn kolorojn, ĝi fariĝas helrozkolora. Tio kion vi vidas estas la ĥemiaj ŝanĝoj kaŭzitaj al la pejzaĝo de la konstruaĵmaterialoj kaj laboro de la Praegiptoj.
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Jen kiel ni uzis satelitajn datumojn por trovi antikvan egiptian urbon nomitan Itjtawy, kiu malaperis antaŭ miloj da jaroj. Pratempe, ĝi estis la ĉefurbo de Egiptio tra pli ol kvar jarcentoj, dum periodo nomata Meza Imperio, antaŭ ĉirkaŭ kvar mil jaroj. Ĝi situas en la provinco Fajum, grava detalo, ĉar en la Meza Imperio tie okazis granda renaskiĝo de la egiptiaj arto, arkitekturo kaj religio. Arkeologistoj ĉiam sciis, ke la urbo estis ie proksime al la piramidoj de la du reĝoj, kiuj starigis ĝin – en la ruĝa cirklo sur la ekrano – en tiu vastega apudrivera ebenaĵo. Ja granda ejo – kvar mejlojn kontraŭ tri. La Nilo antaŭe fluis tutapude, sed ĝia fluejo moviĝis orienten iom post iom, kaj fine la rivero englutis la urbon.
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Nu, kiel malkovri enterigitan urbon en tiel vasta ejo? Fidi je la hazardo estus kiel serĉi nadlon en fojnamaso, okulbandaĝita, kaj kun dikaj gantoj. Ni do uzis topografiajn datumojn de la NASA por mapigi la pejzaĝon kaj ĝiajn et-etajn ŝanĝojn. Iom post iom, eblis vidi la antaŭan fluejon de la Nilo. Sed pli detala – kaj pli interesa – vido montras tiun iom sublevitan areon, ene de ĉi tiu cirklo, kiu povus esti la urbo mem.
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Sekve, ni kunlaboris kun egiptiaj sciencistoj al fosado de puto, por ekhavi specimenojn tiajn. Ili similas glacispecimenojn, sed anstataŭ klimatŝanĝadajn signojn, ili donas spurojn de homa okupado. Sub kvin metroj de dika kota tavolo, ni trovis densan stratumon de ceramikaĵaro. Do, jen ebla loko de Itjtawy; kvin metrojn subgrunde troviĝas stratumon de plurjarcenta okupado, komencanta je la Meza Imperio, trafe en la periodo en kiu devas esti la urbo. Ni trovis ankaŭ gemojn – karneolo, kvarco kaj agato –, kiuj montras ke kuŝis juvelistejoj ĉi tie. Ne vere impone, eble, sed dum la Meza Imperio, ili estis la plej ofte uzataj juvelŝtonoj.
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Do sub ĉi tiu loko troviĝas densa tavolo de okupado komencanta je la Meza Imperio. Troviĝas ankaŭ pruvoj, ke kuŝis juvelistejoj por riĉa klientaro, kaj ke tiu urbo, kia ajn ĝi nomiĝis, estis grava loko. Ni ne estas certaj, ke ja temas pri Itjtawy, sed ni esperas reiri tie baldaŭ por komplete mapigi la lokon. Eĉ pli grave, ni havas monon por trejni junajn Egiptojn pri la uzo de satelita teknikaro, por ke estu ili, kiuj faras gravajn malkovrojn.
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Mi volas konkludi kun mia plejŝatata citaĵo el la Meza Imperio. Ĝi probable estis verkita en Itjtawy antaŭ kvar mil jaroj. «Kundividi scion estas la plej nobla alvoko. Nenio en la lando similas al ĝi.» Kia surprizo: TED ne komencis en 1984 nE. (Ridoj) Eltrovi ideojn fakte komencis en 1984 aNE, ĉe (provizore) perdita urbo, retrovita de sur la ĉielo. Ja relativigas la ĉemaran serĉadon de sablodolaroj. Koran dankon. (Aplaŭdoj) Dankon.
When I was a child growing up in Maine, one of my favorite things to do was to look for sand dollars on the seashores of Maine, because my parents told me it would bring me luck. But you know, these shells, they're hard to find. They're covered in sand. They're difficult to see. However, overtime, I got used to looking for them. I started seeing shapes and patterns that helped me to collect them.
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This grew into a passion for finding things, a love for the past and archaeology. And eventually when I started studying Egyptology, I realized that seeing with my naked eyes alone wasn't enough. Because all of the sudden in Egypt my beach had grown from a tiny beach in Maine to one eight hundred miles long next to the Nile, and my sand dollars had grown to the size of cities. This is really what brought me to using satellite imagery. For trying to map the past, I knew that I had to see differently.
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So I want to show you an example of how we see differently using the infrared. This is a site located in the eastern Egyptian delta called Bendix. And the site visibly appears brown, but when we use the infrared and we process it, all of the sudden, using false color, the site appears as bright pink. What you are seeing are the actual chemical changes to the landscape caused by the building materials and activities of the ancient Egyptians.
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What I want to share with you today is how we've used satellite data to find an ancient Egyptian city, called Itjtawy, missing for thousands of years. Itjtawy was ancient Egypt's capital for over four hundred years, at a period of time called the Middle Kingdom about four thousand years ago. The site is located in the Faiyum of Egypt and site is really important because in the Middle Kingdom there was this great renaissance for ancient Egyptian art, architecture and religion. Egyptologists have always known the site of Itjtawy was located somewhere near the pyramids of the two kings who built it, indicated within the red circles here, but somewhere within this massive flood plane. This area is huge -- it's four miles by three miles in size. The Nile used to flow right next to the city of Itjtawy, and as it shifted and changed and moved over time to the east, it covered over the city.
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So, how do you find a buried city in a vast landscape? Finding it randomly would be the equivalent of locating a needle in a haystack, blindfolded wearing baseball mitts. So what we did is we used NASA topography data to map out the landscape, very subtle changes. We started to be able to see where the Nile used to flow. But you can see in more detail -- and even more interesting -- this very slight raised area seen within the circle up here, which we thought could possibly be the location of the city of Itjtawy.
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So we collaborated with the Egyptian scientists to do coring work, which you see here. When I say coring, it's like ice coring, but instead of layers of climate change you're looking for layers of human occupation. And five meters down, underneath a thick layer of mud, we found a dense layer of pottery. What this shows is that at this possible location of Itjtawy, five meters down, we have of layer of occupation for several hundred years dating to the Middle Kingdom, dating to the exact period of time we think Itjtawy is. We also found work stone -- carnelian, quartz and agate that shows that there was a jewelers workshop here. These might not look like much, but when you think about the most common stones used in jewelry from the Middle Kingdom, these are the stones that were used.
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So, we have a dense layer of occupation dating to the Middle Kingdom at this site. We also have evidence of an elite jewelers workshop, showing that whatever was there was a very important city. No Itjtawy was here yet, but we're going to be returning to the site in the near future to map it out. And even more importantly, we have funding to train young Egyptians in the use of satellite technology so they can be the ones making great discoveries as well.
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So I wanted to end with my favorite quote from the Middle Kingdom -- it was probably written at the city of Itjtawy four thousand years ago. "Sharing knowledge is the greatest of all callings. There's nothing like it in the land." So as it turns out, TED was not founded in 1984 AD. (Laughter) Making ideas actually started in 1984 BC at a not-lost-for-long city, found from above. It certainly puts finding seashells by the seashore in perspective. Thank you very much. (Applause) Thank you.
What you think about this fascinating idiom called Esperanto? It's a very usefull because many people in all world try to comunnicate better but many of us are no able to do it,so, for this kind of people - curious of the world - are exist this language. Is a free, simple and very faster to learn because just use 16 grammar rules.
This is a video of a presentation in this idiom of the University of Amsterdam:
Esperanto-libroekspozicio ĉe la Universitato de Amsterdamo
Intervjuo de Katalin Kovats kun la profesoroj kaj instruisto de Esperanto en la katedro Interlingvistiko kaj Esperanto
Last night I try to buy a couple a
new books in a online bookstore but I don't have success because many of this
librarys are so complicated, well, the principal problem the main problem was
that they did not have the principal pay processor, they don't have Paypal for
let me pay with this in first place, and that are a real problem for buy books
in library's online in Argentina.
But in a last hour I decide just search in
Google reviews of Argentinians buyers online for try to find the best place to
buy a book faster and without any problem with external import,
more precisely, custom, aduanas , called
here, well, I find in a site called googlereads a forum with a couple of Argentineans
sharing their experience buying from different parts of the country in simple
steps with any problem at all. I decided finally buy in a online store
worldwide renowned, BookDepository. I spend, maybe, sexty or litle more, dollars, with a
simple shipping, and I look forward my three books for this weekend or
maybe in a any day of a this week, We'll see.
The good point:BookDepository have
a great, great reputation online and their promise back the money in case of lost
or failures in their shipping or in the book what I buy. I mean, they offer a
full warranty, and that is a real deal for people like me how lives in latin
american countries with many problems in a ordinary shipping mail system.
The bad point: It's my first
"big" buy of real physical books for internet and I need confess, I
have a little fear about realize my purchase. I expected the best but I don’t
have a real guarantee to get this book in my hands this week or, at the latest,
for this weekend, but I just can wait.
They are two poliglots chating about speak another foraing lenguages, they do some advices for people like us when try do learn new words, phrases and gestures frome natives speakers, is not so many complicate because they speak really fluency, not like mefor example, just wacht this and giv me your opinion, you are practice a new lenguage now?
