My Educational Articles

English words most commonly mispronounced by foreigners
The list below contains some of the most commonly mispronounced words (mostly by foreigners) in English. Pronunciation is given in the (...)
September 21, 2012 – Jakub MarianEnglish
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French e, è, é, ê, ë – what’s the difference?
A complete explanation of how e, è, é, ê, and ë are used in French, with rules, examples and pronunciation. (...)
September 11, 2012 – Jakub MarianFrench
Base 60: Digits and terminology
Ideally, every number (in its abstractness) should have its own symbol. However, since there are infinitely many natural numbers and our (...)
July 18, 2012 – Jakub MarianMathematics, Typography
Xor 3D: Generating random pseudo-3D images using Xor
When I was around thirteen, I created a program called Random Image that could be used to create pictures partly generated by random (...)
July 17, 2012 – Jakub MarianVisual arts
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How to learn a foreign language: Introduction
It has been only a few years that I became interested in learning foreign languages. In high school, I had classes in English (which I (...)
July 17, 2012 – Jakub MarianLanguage learning

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:

Major third guitar tuning
When I wanted to start to play jazz on the guitar (after many years of playing only classical music), I was disgusted by how many things I (...)
July 17, 2012 – Jakub MarianMusic
The M-Stick
The M-Stick is a musical instrument I have designed and which I currently play. It was manufactured by Procházka Custom Guitars in (...)
July 17, 2012 – Jakub MarianBlog, Music