Personal Projects, 2015 Alice . Personal Projects, 2015 Alice .

I’m Live on Monroe's Motivated Sequence AITD Webinar

I spent day one of Chinese New Year morning attending an insightful one-hour webinar by Roger Courville on Using "Monroe's Motivated Sequence" to Supercharge Your Training organized by the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD).

Today's webinar is special to me because I’m collaborating with Roger; co-presenting LIVE during the webinar! [...]

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Personal Projects, 2014 Alice . Personal Projects, 2014 Alice .

How I Got Involved in “@MarcoPolo_Pinocchio a Gedda” Project

In October this year, I was privileged to be invited by Maristella Tagliaferro to participate in the @MarcoPolo_Pinocchio a Gedda Project. I'm elated to be able to use my knowledge of Italian to translate one of my favorite childhood stories: Pinocchio! The whole experience has been gratifying and I love interacting with the group members, and getting to know more new Italian friends. I dedicate this post to you—my dearest Maristella. More about the project below.

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Personal Projects, 2014 Alice . Personal Projects, 2014 Alice .

Coursera: The Bilingual Brain (Notes)

This post is about my thoughts in relation to the Coursera course, THE BILINGUAL BRAIN by Arturo E. Hernandez (University of Houston). Language development—according to Professor Arturo—continues to happen until the 40’s. The left temporal lobe of our brain, which is involved in language, seems to show maturation up to that age. One more interesting finding is that when we are babies, our brains produce […]

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Personal Projects, 2014 Alice . Personal Projects, 2014 Alice .

MBA

I’m going back to school! I’m embarking on an MBA journey starting soon in two weeks.

Now that my Italian self-study has stabilized, I’m looking for new projects to occupy myself and decided on pursuing a postgraduate degree. I will, of course, continue to reinforce my mastery of Italian and an idea struck me in this respect to read materials related to my studies in Italian.

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