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Oh, I see! moments
Travel Cultures Language

World Views:


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Jul

OIC the Road Ahead and…

by Sheron Long on July 27, 2021


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A little sailboat sets sail for an unusual and imaginary island seen in the distance, symbolizing travels to different cultures. (Image © Urvashi9/iStock)

It’s time to set sail for new horizons.

Looking Back, a World Well-Travelled

In the last 9 years, we’ve enjoyed our travels with you to fascinating and often little-known parts of the world—moving across cultures, delighting in different languages, exercising the bilingual brain, and enjoying the insights that came from the ride.

In this—OICs last post—it’s time to say a fond farewell and to wish you well. May you continue to travel the world and discover how stepping into different cultures enriches your life.

 

Art of Travel/Becoming Bilingual/Crossing Cultures/Language & Culture

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May

OIC’s Greatest Hits: The Boost of the Bilingual Brain

by Your friends at OIC on May 26, 2021


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Sandstone sculpture of people holding balloons shaped like the human brain to illustrate how the bilingual brain lifts you up (Image © FotoEmotions/Pixabay))

5 Reminders That Learning a Second Language Lifts You Up

One of our very first posts was simply entitled Being Bilingual Builds Brain Power, and it’s been among our favorite recurring topics ever since.  Yet, the scientific benefits of a bilingual brain tell only part of the story—being bilingual also lifts up your life with enriching encounters and expanded horizons.

Since that’s what OIC Moments is all about, it’s only fitting that the grand finale of this “Greatest Hits” collection turns to posts where our bloggers highlight how learning another language opens wide the world.

 

Becoming Bilingual/Cultural Encounters/Language & Culture

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May

OIC’s Greatest Hits: A Global Yea for Wordplay!

by Your friends at OIC on May 17, 2021


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A chalkboard street sign with the message "If you are looking for a sign, this is it" to illustrate the fun of wordplay. (Image © )

5 Signs that Wit and Whimsy Come in Many Languages

Where there’s a word, there’s a way lovers of language will have some fun with it. Idioms, puns, and culturally unique expressions are a part of languages around the globe. And, in this latest collection of OIC’s “Greatest Hits,” our bloggers display their brand of wordplay wizardry with astute observations and forays into that witty world of words.

 

Language & Culture/Wordplay/Worldwide Sites

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