18/06/2024
When you don't have the time to get round to books, browse YT resources:
50 Most Difficult and Advanced Vocabulary in English | C2 Level English
In this video, you will learn the 50 most difficult and advanced vocabularies in English with meanings and synonyms.If you know a lot of advanced vocabulary,...
04/06/2024
Zapraszam na zajecia z jezyka na wysokim poziomie merytorycznym.
"To keep improving your fluid intelligence, once you master a new process, a new routine, a new skill, a new anything, you need to focus on learning something else. The key is to stay uncomfortable and keep challenging yourself."
Source:
Want to Get Smarter? Neuroscience Says 1 Uncomfortable Habit Will Help You Learn Faster and Retain More
Fortunately, the form of discomfort required isn't really uncomfortable at all, especially since you get to choose the form it takes.
28/05/2024
Is AI the future of education?
More about my opinion soon...
Here's some news from the UK:
How AI is impacting education in the South East
The Department for Education says AI has the potential to "transform education".
24/04/2024
Tricky words with their pronunciation:
How To Pronounce These 14 Words You Learned In Books
Remember the first time you read "colonel" ... and later realized how it was pronounced? This list is dedicated to those tricky words that trip up bookworms.
12/04/2024
What the h*** are prepositions? Ah, they're those little "on, in..." Yeah, they may be a nightmare because they are not always translated between languages directly, but rather tend to follow distinctive patterns. That said on (😜) a Friday...
11/04/2024
Why is the concept of uncountable nouns so hard for students to grasp?
These are a must to remember:
- advice
- information
- furniture
- the news (is!)
10/04/2024
Why do students hate the Passive V. with reporting verbs (verbs of thinking etc.)? 🤔
It is so cute 🥰:
People think football is the national sport in this country.
=>
Football is thought to be the national sport in this country.
Voilà 😉
08/04/2024
Zapraszam, kilka dostepnych terminow po poludniu:
09/02/2017
Time to go ;)
The tricks being played on you by UK roads
When you walk or drive in the UK, you’re being nudged by dozens of hidden messages embedded in the roads and pavements.
09/02/2017
Time to fight our winter depression
Hamilton’s forgotten Caribbean
With a phenomenally successful hip-hop musical named after him, Alexander Hamilton’s life story has become a topic of global interest.
01/02/2017
Why we're so bad at statistics
Think you're good at guessing stats? Guess again. Whether we consider ourselves math people or not, our ability to understand and work with numbers is terribly limited, says data visualization expert Alan Smith. In this delightful talk, Smith explores the mismatch between what we know and what we th...
31/01/2017
The warrior monks who invented banking - BBC News
Why did a 12th Century religious order start offering financial services?