In one of the previous posts I wrote that it’s an excellent idea to follow work with an article with a discussion of it. But what is a discussion? It may be an exchange of opinions. In the case of the… Read More »An example of a follow-up on a text
Now I’m trying to carve out some time for reanimating my French, and I’m using news articles for this. Articles are great because they are relatively short, can be of a vast variety of topics and the language is not… Read More »Learning From Articles: A Simple Algorithm
Here’s something else for you from Making Sense by David Crystal, about what children acquire in a language after they have mastered its “basic” grammar. I find it especially interesting because it’s a feature of grammar that’s not so often mentioned… Read More »On one of the stages of language acquisition in children
In a nutshell Below is a long read. A journey is a journey, after all. I don’t know how to squeeze it with all its ups and downs in a short post. But I think I’ll spare the reader and… Read More »My Teaching Journey (updated)
Short intro At the end of summer and after the holiday I felt that my English needed a boost. It had become a tiny bit dormant and I started missing the sound of English. I used to binge watch series… Read More »The Magic of the Radio
No, there are no mistakes in the title. It’s a valid example of an English sentence. Read on to find out why. Below is a passage from a book by David Crystal called Making Sense: The Glamorous Story of English Grammar,… Read More »“A good good example”
I don’t, but I was scrolling through the feed on VK yesterday and, seeing some posts about Halloween, I suddenly remembered about a wonderful BBC drama called Gambits. And I thought – why not share it? And you can imagine being… Read More »Do you play chess?
Of course, if you’re going to the country where the language you’re learning is spoken, you’ll get practice anywhere and there’s not much to write about. But, what if it’s not the case? Can you still do something useful for… Read More »Language Practice While on Holiday
Overall, I’d say the month was difficult, even though it started quite nicely with a trip to my grandparents. But there I had an incident of food poisoning and got a headache. Back home I didn’t sleep well almost half… Read More »October’22 – the Countryside, Writing, Maths
At the end of July I was quite seriously stuck with my channel and VK group. I felt that I should write something there, after all I’d already started gathering some audience. But texts didn’t come, let alone inspiration. One… Read More »Mini Marathon of Languages