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如何让大脑保持年轻:
阅读、成为双语者、喝咖啡
史提芬•克拉申[1](著)
魏日宁(译)
方法一:阅读
方法二:成为双语者
方法三:喝咖啡
三管齐下时效果如何?
译者注:
[1] 史提芬•克拉申(Stephen Krashen)是美国南加州大学荣休教授,语言教育专家。他上世纪70年代提出的“语言获得-学得假说(the Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis)”和“输入假说(the Input Hypothesis)”等著名理论,影响了世界范围内的许多语言教学工作者。译者感谢克拉申教授授权翻译此文,原文“Keep Your Brain Young: Read, Be Bilingual, Drink Coffee”曾刊于2010年10月8日出版的Language Magazine。
[2] 痴呆(dementia)是一个泛称,它包括常见的阿尔茨海默病(Alzheimer's disease),其次是血管性痴呆(vascular dementia),以及混合型痴呆(mixed dementia)等。
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魏日宁,博士,西交利物浦大学英语系博士生导师、英国利物浦大学名誉讲师、中国社会语言学学会理事、国际多语教育协会中国区多语能力与多语教育研究会理事。研究领域包括双语现象、老年语言学和应用语言学量化研究方法。论文发表于《外语教学与研究》、《现代外语》、《语言学研究》、《中国社会语言学》、Bilingualism: Language & Cognition、English Today、Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development、Linguistics & Education、World Englishes等国内外CSSCI、SSCI和外语类核心刊物。担任Asia Pacific Journal of Education、International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism、International Journal of Bilingualism、Modern Language Journal、Sage Open和System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics等SSCI期刊审稿专家。
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