{"id":122,"date":"2016-10-10T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2016\/10\/10\/celebrate-indigenous-cultures-with-mango\/"},"modified":"2018-07-18T21:28:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T21:28:14","slug":"celebrate-indigenous-cultures-with-mango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2016\/10\/10\/celebrate-indigenous-cultures-with-mango\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Indigenous Cultures with Mango"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Celebrate indigenous and international cultures by learning a new language through Mango Languages. Choose from over 10 languages (including English!). Log in through the <a href=\"http:\/\/langsdale.ubalt.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Langsdale databases<\/a> and help fight Monolingualism!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-rc-71-DhqqE\/V_u2avyk_iI\/AAAAAAAAB58\/szxBlJlm4qMFPaw0lBALu7GP7yhep7ABwCLcB\/s1600\/MangoDigSIgnLL.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-rc-71-DhqqE\/V_u2avyk_iI\/AAAAAAAAB58\/szxBlJlm4qMFPaw0lBALu7GP7yhep7ABwCLcB\/s320\/MangoDigSIgnLL.png\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Some facts about bilingualism:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -.25in\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in\">21 percent of Americans speak more than one language at home<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in\">Bilingual children hit language milestones at the same age as monolingual children, so exposing children to a second language at an early age will enhance their language skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in\">Being bilingual enhances your ability to concentrate and focus on a task while tuning out irrelevant information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in\">Biligualism can postpone the onset of dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s by increasing blood and oxygen flow to the brain<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportLists]--><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -.25in\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -.25in\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -.25in\"><\/div>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     96 &lt;![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;   Normal  0          false  false  false    EN-US  X-NONE  X-NONE                                                                    &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            &lt;![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;&lt;![endif]-->   <!--StartFragment-->                 <!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainfacts.org\/sensing-thinking-behaving\/language\/articles\/2008\/the-bilingual-brain\/\">http:\/\/www.brainfacts.org\/sensing-thinking-behaving\/language\/articles\/2008\/the-bilingual-brain\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate indigenous and international cultures by learning a new language through Mango Languages. Choose from over 10 languages (including English!). Log in through the Langsdale databases and help fight Monolingualism! 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