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How to choose a language to learn
Starting to learn a new language is a big decision. It requires a lot of dedication and perseverance, and it is a decision that can (...)
June 16, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Language learning
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Vocabulary in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (first chapter)
When I started working on this website, I published a few articles about English vocabulary I considered interesting. I prepared drafts (...)
June 13, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Esperantists often overestimate the probability of being able to speak Esperanto
After I published my previous article explaining the pros and cons of learning Esperanto, one of which is that you are not likely to use (...)
June 12, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Esperanto
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Map of the percentage of population able to speak Russian in the EU by country
Russian used to be the first foreign language most inhabitants of the former Eastern Bloc learned. Understandably, the number of Russian (...)
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Arithmetics in which you can divide by zero
When I was still in primary school, I was fascinated by things you “can’t do” in mathematics and developed a “theory” of division by zero. (...)
June 8, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
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Is it possible to divide by zero?
This is a common question on mathematical discussion boards, with people sometimes feeling that mathematicians are too closed-minded for (...)
June 7, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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Learning Esperanto: Is it worth it?
Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed language (unless you count Modern Hebrew as a constructed language). In this article, I (...)
June 5, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Esperanto
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Map of the percentage of people speaking German in the EU by country
German used to be a very popular language among educated people from all over Europe before the 20th century, but after World War I, and (...)
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Vietnamizer – make your writing look Vietnamese
Vietnamese is an interesting language in that it uses the most diacritical marks of all languages that use the Latin alphabet in their (...)
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Map of the percentage of people speaking English in the EU by country
Some native English speakers’ attitude towards learning foreign languages could be summarized as “why should I learn a foreign language if (...)
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