weekly posts on literature, languages, and learning
[This post has been written with ESL/EFL students in mind, CEFR level B2 and above.] Let’s be honest, reading poetry doesn’t come naturally to most of us. Same as with visual arts or classical music, sometimes it's difficult to understand complex symbolism or to follow a poet’s train of thought. And what to do with …
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Lord knows how much I love a good, old paper book, but I can’t deny the convenience of having immediate access to almost any title I want, available within seconds on my computer, smartphone or e-book reader. E-books tend to be substantially cheaper than traditional books, too, but if you’re an avid reader like me, …
To most readers, the name of Arthur Conan Doyle will forever be connected with the world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his trusted friend Dr Watson. The celebrated writer of detective stories based his whole literary career on extolling the virtues of science, reason and logical thinking, which leaves many surprised to learn that …
[This post has been written with ESL/EFL students in mind, CEFR level B1 and above.] Correlative conjunctions are used to join words, phrases or clauses within a sentence. They always come in pairs, which is where learners sometimes make mistakes. In languages such as the South Slavic ones (which most of my students speak as …
Korist od učenja klasičnih jezika je ogromna. U slučaju latinskog, ovladavanje ovim jezikom otvara vrata ka ogromnom književnom i naučnom nasleđu stvaranom tokom dva milenijuma, a posredno može biti od velike pomoći i pri učenju niza savremenih jezika - i to ne samo romanskih: obično se navodi da najmanje 60% engleskog vokabulara potiče iz latinskog, …
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