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
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
Je viens de regarder une vidéo d’Elsa sur sa chaîne Piece of French. Elle parle de ses vacances du ski dans les Alpes (la station Tignes dans la commune de Savoie). Voici la vidéo (merci à Elsa!): La vidéo est… Read More »Faire du Ski à Tignes et explorer La Savoie (en français)
How it appeared in my life I first came into contact with French when I was a child and my parents brought home a cassette with a musical. It was the famous Notre Dame de Paris and somehow I liked… Read More »French, my love
Let’s say you have someone to talk to in English, maybe a native or maybe a person who knows the language much better. Does it mean that by speaking to them you will improve your speaking skills? Not necessarily. I’ve had… Read More »How to improve your speaking with real conversations