Last Russian Czar
From Disney fairy-tales to impostors claiming to be a survivor of the Russian Czars family, stories have circulated about what happened to the Russian Czarist family. There was speculation that some had escaped the communist execution. However, DNA tests have confirmed that Prince Alexey and Princess Mary died with their family. […]
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Russian Old believers
Russian Old believers are like the Amish of the Russian Orthodox church. The origin of the Old Believers goes back to the 17th century and Russian Orthodox reforms. I will not get into the details of Russian Orthodox theology and the genesis of their split. More interesting is today the […]
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Bakalland
Bakalland is a Polish fruit and nut company. Bakalland in my opinion is greedy and does not care about Poland. Why do I think this about Bakalland? Because Poland is the land of ‘milk and honey’ when it comes to agriculture. Many Poles take pride in the quality and standard of Polish food, […]
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Google translate for Polish
I just noticed that Google now has translate for Polish. This is something I have been waiting for. Now you can easily translate Polish web pages into English. In the past it was only Spanish, then French, then Russian, but now Polish. You can try to read anything in […]
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Japanese animation for learning any language
If you always wanted to read books in a foreign language and you never had the motivation because with all the struggling with the language you are trying to learn you go bored, try watching Japanese animation with subtitles in your target language. Usually these films are bright and […]
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A Ukrainian who learned English in three months
A friend of mine from Ukraine came to the USA. He paid $1000 dollars for a three month course to learn English. He also got unlimited access to mp3 recordings of English in a language lab. He studied for 12 hours a day for 3 months. […]
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A language student who made progress
One of my students started to learn English about five months ago. Now he speaks English fairly well. How did you learn this language? He studied several hours a day, listing to mp3s and doing exercises in his book. Each one three times. He copied over page by […]
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Subtitles to learn a language
Watch films with the sound off and Subtitles in your target foreign language. This way it is like reading a book in a foreign language, however, you have a lot more images to keep you interested. I stop the movie at every new subtitle line. Translate it […]
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Brain oil
I have written about my brain lesion and how it took a long time to get back my cognitive function. One of my most recent discoveries was ‘False flax oil’. This is Camelina sativa. I discovered this by accident. After using a lot on my salad for a few weeks, I […]
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Reading blogs in a foreign language for slang and idioms
One of the problems with learning a language from a book or a class is you do not get a lot of slang and current idioms in your target foreign language. Idioms that are used are sometimes 10 years old. If you want the latest and […]
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