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The first heatwave of the summer is here. Daytime temperatures reach 35ยฐC / 95ยฐF, and Iโm barely able to cope with it. Hot weather is most definitely not my thing and I canโt 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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Dลพeri 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 priruฤnik za samostalan razvoj nastavnika. U prvom delu, najveฤa paลพnja posveฤena je metodama rada u nastavi i savetima za unapreฤenje …
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John Grishamโs first novel, A Time to Kill, was set in the small town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi: population of 10,000 but โenough conflict to support fifty-one lawyers.โ That 1989 book has since been followed by dozens of titles that have earned him the reputation of a master of legal thriller. In Ford …
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I havenโt blogged much about the history of the English language, but the arrival of summer is just begging for a quick introduction to something called Middle English. It's a form of English spoken in the Middle Ages, between the 11th and the 16th century. During that period, Old English underwent massive changes that eventually …
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