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Donna Tartt’s debut novel “The Secret History” was first published thirty years ago, but it’s one of those books that age really well. In terms of genre, it's been described as a campus novel, but don't mistake it for a piece of YA fiction set in a college; nor is it, in spite of the …
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In a recent grammar post I wrote about personal pronouns in English, but one thing I deliberately omitted there was the presentation of the archaic forms of the 2nd person singular. Those are thou / thee / thy and thine, which you may have come across in literary or religious texts. Let's first see what …
The first heatwave of the summer is here. Daytime temperatures reach 35°C / 95°F, and I’m barely able to cope with it. Hot weather is most definitely not my thing and I can’t wait for the cool, crispy days of autumn! However, as much as I dislike the heat, I do like talking about the …
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Džeri Gebhard (Jerry Gebhard) je autor brojnih naslova iz oblasti metodike nastave engleskog kao stranog jezika, a knjigu Teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language: A Teacher Self-Development and Methodology Guide osmislio je kao priručnik za samostalan razvoj nastavnika. U prvom delu, najveća pažnja posvećena je metodama rada u nastavi i savetima za unapređenje …
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