by Christine Winskowski    What does neuroscience add to our understanding of culture and cross-cultural encounters? I was thinking about this as I listened to Sheena Iyengar’s vignette in the lead-in video illustrating an East-West cultural difference: A Western restaurant customer...

by Joseph Saules   Language teachers interested in cultural learning find themselves caught on the horns of an odd dilemma. On the one hand, language and culture are obviously related, and mastering a language requires an understanding of cultural expectations and...

by Stephen Ryan    So, what was Dr. Iyengar doing in the coffee shop in Kyoto, thousands and thousands of miles away from her “base of operations” in the U.S? I hope, by the way, that you have had a chance...

By Kevin M. Maher   Have you ever asked students to refresh your memory from the last class, “Did I talk about this already?” Are you the type of teacher who takes notes on what you covered, or didn’t cover, after...

by Curtis Kelly There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who remember everything and those who forget everything. This is one of my favorite jokes. If only I could be one of those people who remember everything. I...