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Comparison of Iceland and Malta
The most densely populated European countries are Monaco (population 38,000; population density 18,700/km2) and Vatican City (with (...)
January 13, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘January’ in European languages
The English word “January” comes from Latin ianuarius, which means “of Janus” (Janus was an ancient Roman god of doorways, gates, (...)
January 7, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Map of the results of PISA 2015 (Programme for International Student Assessment) in science, reading, and mathematics in Europe
Results of the PISA 2015 (Programme for International Student Assessment) in science, reading, and mathematics visualized on a map of Europe. (...)
December 18, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Why the “vegetarianism is unnatural” argument is nonsense
I had a heated discussion recently in the comment section under my article about the worst arguments against vegetarian nutrition (which (...)
December 8, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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Why the EF EPI rankings are not what you think
The English Proficiency Index (EPI) by EF Education First is a rating of countries according to (presumably) the average level of English (...)
December 4, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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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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Number of foreign languages studied per pupil in Europe
Learning foreign languages is an important part of secondary education in Europe. One could argue that it should be enough to just learn (...)
December 1, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Percentage of pupils learning French by country in Europe
French was and to a certain degree still is one of the most influential languages in the world. It is one of the official languages of the (...)
November 22, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Percentage of pupils learning German by country in Europe
German is the most widely spoken language in the European Union—and arguably the most important language of Central Europe. It shouldn’t (...)
November 15, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Mortality due to cardiovascular disease by region in Europe
Cardiovascular disease is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels, such as ischemic heart disease, hypertension, (...)
November 3, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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The word “goodly” in English
One of the first things non-native English speakers learn is that the adverbial form of “good” is irregular. We don’t say, for example, (...)
November 2, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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