The Tao of language learning
The deepest depth of the bottomless abyss of the guru´s educational wisdom. When is „good“ good enough?
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Archiv pro rubriku: Thinking about stuff
O aktivní prokrastinaci
Krátké povídání o tom, jak využít prokrastinaci k výuce jazyků, zvyšování své digitální gramotnosti a potažmo výdělečné činnosti. Continue reading
O drzém zlu
Ministr zahraničních věcí Ruské Federace, S. V. Lavarov se nechal slyšet, že současná válka na Ukrajině skončí jako všechny ostatní války, smlouvou. Možná by tato slova nevyřkl s tak bohorovným klidem, kdyby si uvědomil, že řada aktérů, kteří na počátku těchto válek stáli, už zhusta u podpisu mírových smluv nefigurovala. Goering… Continue reading
O uprchlících, sexuálních minoritách a honorární konzulce
Dnešní blogový příspěvek je trochu netypický, protože výuky jazyků se týká opravdu jen velmi okrajově. I když jak se to vezme. Kdo jste dělali nějaké mezinárodní jazykové zkoušky, víte, jak vypadá sekce testu zaměřená na čtení. Zkoumá, zdali je zkoušený schopen odlišit v textu fakta od názorů a různých stupňů pravděpodobnosti.… Continue reading
Taboo topics 3 – Religion
Welcome in another part of The Taboo topics. If English is not your mother tongue and you are here to learn, feel free to use the Quizlet vocab set I created specifically for this article. At the end of the text, you will find some tricky comprehension questions, with the… Continue reading
Taboo topics 2 – Pork
In my recent blog, Taboo topics- A Yankee in the UK, I promised to try and address all the topics not represented in most English language textbooks, namely: Politics, Alcohol, Religion, Sex, Narcotics, -ISMs and Pork, or PARSNIP, in short. I can somehow understand, although not approve of, the exclusion… Continue reading
Taboo topics – A Yankee in the UK
There are certain topics which very seldom, if ever, appear in the language textbooks. The list of these taboo topics is traditionally represented with the abbreviation PARSNIP, which stands for: Politics, Alcohol, Religion, Sex, Narcotics, -ISMs and Pork. Although I understand that publishers need to make money and that schools… Continue reading
Infernal English with Toby
We live in a consumer society, in a quite lazy culture, where it is widely believed that one can get anything he paid for – just by paying for it. The provider of the „something“ is expected to give it to his customer, while he sits comfortably and enjoys his… Continue reading
A story of three kids
Last time I wrote admittedly a rather unflattering analysis of a presumably romantic song When Susannah cries by Espen Lind. I do most sincerely hope that no tender hearts were hurt. I just wished to expose a callous sexual predator hiding under the mask of a romantic prince charming, drawing… Continue reading
How to be romantic
My wife could confirm to you that I am not a very romantic person, not by any stretch of the imagination. But it’s not for the lack of trying. Where does one learn to be romantic? Since most girls get their idea about what ´romantic´ means from pop songs, that’s… Continue reading