Space: Lifelong Learning Lounge

Merel Keijzer, Annemieke Mathijssen, and others

Does your brain get faster the more languages you can speak? And what is the best way to learn a new language anyway? Are multilinguals happier than monolinguals? Can multilingualism help keep your brain young? And how is learning a new language different from learning to play a musical instrument? This is wat Prof Merel Keijzer explores in her research at our faculty. She invites you to learn more about it in the Lifelong Learning Lounge.

Here, we take you through lifelong learning with language, as well as music. Learn the basics of sign language, take a mini-course in Spanish or German, go wild during the djembé workshop and experience for yourself what it does to you to learn something new.

In the Lounge, staff from the Hovo Seniors Academy will be happy to tell you more about lifelong learning and you can volunteer to join DenkTank 60+ (Think Tank 60+). Would you like to record how much you learned? Then have your photo taken in gown and beret and take home your memento for inspiration. After all, you never stop learning!

Flash lecture - Fitness for your brain

Flash lecture - Fitness for your brain

Can learning a new language help keep older brains flexible? And does learning a new language work better than, say, learning to play a musical instrument? Do healthy elderly people and elderly people with memory problems or mood disorders experience learning a new language differently? These questions underpinned a 5-year ongoing research project CogFlex. In this flash lecture, Merel Keijzer's research group presents its findings.

Please note: this flash lecture will be held in Dutch.

Speakers

Floor van den Berg and Jelle Brouwer

14:35-14:50 and 15:35-15:50

Djembe percussion workshop

Djembe percussion workshop

Does learning a new language do different things to your brain than learning a musical instrument? In the percussion workshops, you can experience the difference for yourself. There is room for 20 people in this djembe workshop.

By Afrikadi.

16:00-16:15 and 16:45-17:00

Thinking of Holland - Write a poem

Thinking of Holland - Write a poem

In this workshop, you will learn how to write a poem that will appeal to a large audience. You will create what is known as a pastiche. What exactly is that? What should you pay attention to when creating a pastiche? What poetic means are at your disposal? This workshop is suitable for non-Dutch speakers and native speakers of Dutch. However, you must have a command of Dutch at least at B2-level.

Workshop by the Language Centre.
Instructor: Ronald Ohlsen

14:20-14:35

Polaroid corner - Have your picture taken dressed as a professor

Polaroid corner - Have your picture taken dressed as a professor

Come visit the Lifelong Learning Lounge and dress up as a real professor! Put on the black gown and place the beret on your head. You can take the Polaroid photo home as a souvenir.

13:00-17:00

Signeer Sessie met Yvonne Kroonenberg

Signeer Sessie met Yvonne Kroonenberg

Vergeet niet na de talkshow Leven voor Gevorderden - vernoemd naar het gelijknamige boek van Yvonne Kroonenberg- nog even langs te lopen voor een handtekening.

14.00-14.20 uur

Mini Language Courses Language Centre UG

Mini Language Course - Chinese / Japanese

Take your first steps into Chinese and Japanese and get to know these fascinating cultures.

Instructor: Josse ‘t Sas

13:30-13:45 in the Lifelong Learning Lounge

Mini Language Course - Italian

Learn the basics of Italian and get a whiff of Italian culture!

Instructor: Clelia Richters Teodoro

15:15-15:30 in the Lifelong Learning Lounge

English Pronunciation: Tips, Tricks, and Traps (say that three times)

Our teachers will give you all kinds of tips, tricks and traps to improve your pronunciation of English!

Instructors: Miryam Wijnhoven en Jane Mahoney

16:30-16:45 in the Lifelong Learning Lounge

Mini Language Course - Dutch NT1

Follow this workshop as a complete beginner of Dutch and take your first steps in the language.

Instructor: Jeroen van Engen

13:45-14:00 in the Lifelong Learning Lounge

Mini Language Course - Spanish

Introduction to Spanish - Learn the basics of Spanish and get a taste of the culture!

Instructor: Carolina Navarro García

13:15-13:30 in the Lifelong Learning Lounge

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