Your Brain On Storytelling: 3 Reasons Why Stories Help Us Learn Languages

Tapping into the chemistry of motivation and social skills.

André Klein
Nov 8 · 4 min read
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“The universe is made of stories, not atoms,” the poet Muriel Rukeyser once stated. We are storytelling creatures. We use narrative to make sense of both ancient history and our daily experience.

André Klein

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Born in Germany, currently living in Israel, André Klein is the founder of learnoutlive.com and author of various books and short stories in English and German.

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