Hi , my friends!🤗
I'm Yulia,a highly-qualified English teacher ( CELTA, CAE , CPE certified by Cambridge) and an avid reader in two languages, Italian and English .
I believe that my community is right up your street ( what you need ) and has been inspired by my students ,ONLY UP BOOK CLUB members and my 22 years teaching experience!
I started this chanel to share my passions with other people who are also into languages, books, Art and teaching.
📕📘📙Our BOOK CLUB was born in 2022. It is run by me and is divided into 3 seasons :
✅ Winter Sessions
✅ Spring Sessions
✅ Autumn Sessions
Each season means 6 full Sessions (120 minutes = 1 session) on Sundays with 2 Sessions per month.
Where❓ Skype group
How many people❓ 4- 6
Is it free to join our CLUB❓ No ( a monthly fee )
What do we read❓ There were 2 big novels by modern writers first, then we came to realise that we wanted to try short stories and drama genres.
❗️ 11 prominent writers from different corners of the world had been already studied.
Not only do we discuss the literary creations,but also we look at biographical details and style of the authors.
I'm deeply in love with literature and languages. I hope that our BOOK CLUB 📖 serves its initial purpose, that is to help you read in original and fall in love with what you do !
🤗 Our BOOK CLUB advocates for learning,collaboration and a book-friendly approach.
Welcome to our reading family🤗
I'm Yulia,a highly-qualified English teacher ( CELTA, CAE , CPE certified by Cambridge) and an avid reader in two languages, Italian and English .
I believe that my community is right up your street ( what you need ) and has been inspired by my students ,ONLY UP BOOK CLUB members and my 22 years teaching experience!
I started this chanel to share my passions with other people who are also into languages, books, Art and teaching.
📕📘📙Our BOOK CLUB was born in 2022. It is run by me and is divided into 3 seasons :
Each season means 6 full Sessions (120 minutes = 1 session) on Sundays with 2 Sessions per month.
Where
How many people
Is it free to join our CLUB
What do we read
Not only do we discuss the literary creations,but also we look at biographical details and style of the authors.
I'm deeply in love with literature and languages. I hope that our BOOK CLUB 📖 serves its initial purpose, that is to help you read in original and fall in love with what you do !
Welcome to our reading family
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What book do you fancy reading with me soon?🥰
Anonymous Poll
0%
" The portable Veblen" by Elizabeth McKenzie
56%
" The idiot " by Elif Batuman
0%
"The Robber Bride " by Margaret Atwood
22%
"The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig
11%
"The Maid " by Nita Prose
11%
I have another idea,Yulia)))
BOOK CLUB ❤️
Всем привет!!
As far as I see , the book by Elif Batuman is among leaders ! I want to provide you and myself included with a brief introduction about the book 📖
✍" The Idiot " was published in 2017. Semi- autobiographical first novel by the Turkish American writer Elif Batuman
✍2018 Pulittzer Prize finalist in fiction
✍The Washington post about the book :
" a quirky,somewhat disquieting meditation on disengagement ,agitating contemplation ,it mirrors a growing and upsetting trend among so many young people who seem to have given up on the possibility of love and jubilation and euphoria before they have ever tasted it ..."
📖📕Let's take some more days for voting ( up to September, 6th ) and make our final choice then ,OK?
Мои дорогие, поставьте плюсик в комментариях те,кто идёт со мной в это волшебное путешествие ⏳☕️
Have a great enjoyable Sunday!!!🌤✨🌤
Всем привет!!
As far as I see , the book by Elif Batuman is among leaders ! I want to provide you and myself included with a brief introduction about the book 📖
✍" The Idiot " was published in 2017. Semi- autobiographical first novel by the Turkish American writer Elif Batuman
✍2018 Pulittzer Prize finalist in fiction
✍The Washington post about the book :
" a quirky,somewhat disquieting meditation on disengagement ,agitating contemplation ,it mirrors a growing and upsetting trend among so many young people who seem to have given up on the possibility of love and jubilation and euphoria before they have ever tasted it ..."
📖📕Let's take some more days for voting ( up to September, 6th ) and make our final choice then ,OK?
Мои дорогие, поставьте плюсик в комментариях те,кто идёт со мной в это волшебное путешествие ⏳☕️
Have a great enjoyable Sunday!!!🌤✨🌤
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BOOK CLUB 🌼🗣🌼
Without further ado, I'm happy to announce the result of voting. " THE IDIOT " by Elif Batuman will be opening our autumn season 🎉🎉🎉
There are 8 of us so far in the club ,which is AMAZING !
✋✋if it is more comfortable to be split into 2 groups ,we'll figure it out after the first meeting.
Without further ado, I'm happy to announce the result of voting. " THE IDIOT " by Elif Batuman will be opening our autumn season 🎉🎉🎉
There are 8 of us so far in the club ,which is AMAZING !
✋✋if it is more comfortable to be split into 2 groups ,we'll figure it out after the first meeting.
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✨🪄✨LANGUAGE TREASURE BOX ✍✍✍
A riddle for you today !
What adjective is used to describe a book or a magazine with slightly damaged appearance which shows it has been used many many times ?
📌A prompt: there are 2 parts in the adjective ( Compounds they are called )
📌The second word is a part of our body 😄
📌Do you know any other beautiful words to describe the books in the picture ??
I know you are smart guys !!!
Leave your ideas 👇👇👇
A riddle for you today !
What adjective is used to describe a book or a magazine with slightly damaged appearance which shows it has been used many many times ?
📌A prompt: there are 2 parts in the adjective ( Compounds they are called )
📌The second word is a part of our body 😄
📌Do you know any other beautiful words to describe the books in the picture ??
I know you are smart guys !!!
Leave your ideas 👇👇👇
LANGUAGE TREASURE BOX ✨✨✨
My dear friends, today I got inspired by BORROWINGS ( LOAN WORDS ) in English.
☀️Fun facts about them ☀️
📌Borrowed words in English came from Latin ( 29%) , French ( 29 %) ,Greek ( 6% ) and other languages ( Arabic,Italian,Chinese,Urdu , Japanese , etc )
📌English is wise and it kept the original spellings from the original languages
📌Prior to 1066 ,the people living in the British isles had no need for borrowed words. They spoke a German language called Old English.
Some examples for you:
✍ Zero - from Arabic
✍Alarm - from Italian
✍Ketchup- from Chinese
✍Pyjamas - from Persian and Urdu
✍Massage - from French
✍Impromptu - from Latin
✍Moccasin ( Native American tribal languages)
🧐Can a language survive or evolve without loan words?
🧐Should the number of borrowings be somehow regulated ?
" IMPROMPTU " - What does this borrowing mean ?
👇👇👇👇Drop your ideas below ☀️☀️☀️
My dear friends, today I got inspired by BORROWINGS ( LOAN WORDS ) in English.
☀️Fun facts about them ☀️
📌Borrowed words in English came from Latin ( 29%) , French ( 29 %) ,Greek ( 6% ) and other languages ( Arabic,Italian,Chinese,Urdu , Japanese , etc )
📌English is wise and it kept the original spellings from the original languages
📌Prior to 1066 ,the people living in the British isles had no need for borrowed words. They spoke a German language called Old English.
Some examples for you:
✍ Zero - from Arabic
✍Alarm - from Italian
✍Ketchup- from Chinese
✍Pyjamas - from Persian and Urdu
✍Massage - from French
✍Impromptu - from Latin
✍Moccasin ( Native American tribal languages)
🧐Can a language survive or evolve without loan words?
🧐Should the number of borrowings be somehow regulated ?
" IMPROMPTU " - What does this borrowing mean ?
👇👇👇👇Drop your ideas below ☀️☀️☀️
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✨VIDEO HARBOUR ✨
Un po' di Italia e la cultura Italiana qui sul mio canale 🤓
I'm a big fan of cinematography and can't help sharing with you this one . The film is in Italian,made by an Italian film director Luca Trovelese Cesare in 2019 . Duration 95 min. It's also available in English and Russian 👌 Documentaries are different but this one is of a really super quality 👌
Buona visione, raggazi ❤️
https://youtu.be/j9P5FbU8SHE?si=1g1cHQf-J-CzWwrf
Un po' di Italia e la cultura Italiana qui sul mio canale 🤓
I'm a big fan of cinematography and can't help sharing with you this one . The film is in Italian,made by an Italian film director Luca Trovelese Cesare in 2019 . Duration 95 min. It's also available in English and Russian 👌 Documentaries are different but this one is of a really super quality 👌
Buona visione, raggazi ❤️
https://youtu.be/j9P5FbU8SHE?si=1g1cHQf-J-CzWwrf
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✨✨✨BOOK CLUB ✨✨✨
Внимание,Друзья! ☕️📓📔На встречу я добавляю в группу Скайп ТОЛЬКО тех,кто ТОЧНО планирует быть,прочитал наши страницы и готов провести в нашей уютной компании свое воскресное время за разговорами на английском!
🔥💥🔥Наша вторая встреча планируется с участием моего друга-носителя языка,который вместе с нами начал читать книгу!
See you tomorrow! 💝
Внимание,Друзья! ☕️📓📔На встречу я добавляю в группу Скайп ТОЛЬКО тех,кто ТОЧНО планирует быть,прочитал наши страницы и готов провести в нашей уютной компании свое воскресное время за разговорами на английском!
🔥💥🔥Наша вторая встреча планируется с участием моего друга-носителя языка,который вместе с нами начал читать книгу!
See you tomorrow! 💝
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✨✨✨LANGUAGE TREASURE BOX ✨✨✨
Hi my dear friends! 🌺
Let's dive into ANIMAL IDIOMS in English 🔥🔥🔥
✍Origin:
Monkey business has its roots in the term Monkeyshine. This word was originated in 1832 and meant " dishonorable act" , it was used in the Jim Crow song which mocked African-American slaves. In earlier times parents in England warned their children against bad conduct termed as monkey tricks. The idiom was first recorded in print in 1883 in W.Peck's Bad Boy :
" There must be no monkey business going on "
✍The modern meaning is
📌silly act
📌dishonest tricks
📌immoral or a deceitful conduct
📌illegal activities
🧐Any other " juicy" IDIOMS from you with either " monkey" or " business " ???
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Hi my dear friends! 🌺
Let's dive into ANIMAL IDIOMS in English 🔥🔥🔥
✍Origin:
Monkey business has its roots in the term Monkeyshine. This word was originated in 1832 and meant " dishonorable act" , it was used in the Jim Crow song which mocked African-American slaves. In earlier times parents in England warned their children against bad conduct termed as monkey tricks. The idiom was first recorded in print in 1883 in W.Peck's Bad Boy :
" There must be no monkey business going on "
✍The modern meaning is
📌silly act
📌dishonest tricks
📌immoral or a deceitful conduct
📌illegal activities
🧐Any other " juicy" IDIOMS from you with either " monkey" or " business " ???
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📚👋BOOK CLUB MEETING 2 ✨✨✨
My dear friends,
We are making time shifts for this particular Sunday discussion and start at 3 pm 🙌
Here you are the second 30 pages ( ONLY 3 pages per day !!!😁) to read for our next meet-up. I highlighted the extract which is supposed to be your stop signal! 🌻
Keep going with your reading , enjoy the process , savour/ relish the language ✍🌹
NEXT SESSION is on October 1 at 3 pm ❤️
My dear friends,
We are making time shifts for this particular Sunday discussion and start at 3 pm 🙌
Here you are the second 30 pages ( ONLY 3 pages per day !!!😁) to read for our next meet-up. I highlighted the extract which is supposed to be your stop signal! 🌻
Keep going with your reading , enjoy the process , savour/ relish the language ✍🌹
NEXT SESSION is on October 1 at 3 pm ❤️
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✨✨✨VIDEO HARBOUR ✨✨✨
Hi my friends! 🌻🌻🌻
I'm here to offer a cinematographic journey for the weekend to you all who are looking for a film to watch.
🔥Two truly talented and charismatic actresses , two different storylines, different countries and historic epochs.
📌SUNFLOWER ( 1970 ) starring Sofia Loren - a touching Italian melodrama directed by Vittorio de Sica
📌FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS ( 2016 ) - a life-affirming biopic starring Meryl Streep directed by Stephen Frears . An Oscar- winner for the best female part plus Golden Globus award.
😎🔥Some backstage facts about the film " Sunflower" I dug from the net :
🪄Before the film shooting started , Sofia had been informed that it would be in Siberia so she brought 5 fur coats with her not to get cold in Russia 😅 The venue of the film making was Tverskaya oblast and the season was actually summer 😝🌻🌻🌻After the film had been finished ,Sofia was impressed by hospitality and generosity of Russian people.
Have a pleasant watch ❤️ ,and share your impressions 👇👇👇
Hi my friends! 🌻🌻🌻
I'm here to offer a cinematographic journey for the weekend to you all who are looking for a film to watch.
🔥Two truly talented and charismatic actresses , two different storylines, different countries and historic epochs.
📌SUNFLOWER ( 1970 ) starring Sofia Loren - a touching Italian melodrama directed by Vittorio de Sica
📌FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS ( 2016 ) - a life-affirming biopic starring Meryl Streep directed by Stephen Frears . An Oscar- winner for the best female part plus Golden Globus award.
😎🔥Some backstage facts about the film " Sunflower" I dug from the net :
🪄Before the film shooting started , Sofia had been informed that it would be in Siberia so she brought 5 fur coats with her not to get cold in Russia 😅 The venue of the film making was Tverskaya oblast and the season was actually summer 😝🌻🌻🌻After the film had been finished ,Sofia was impressed by hospitality and generosity of Russian people.
Have a pleasant watch ❤️ ,and share your impressions 👇👇👇
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✨✨✨JUST READ ✨✨✨
💡📄 Have you ever heard about ONEIROLOGY ?
Today I was preparing for the lesson and came across the Guardian article about dreams.
📎83% of dreams relate directly to waking life
📎Dream salons * dream sharing events * allow a person to share their dreams and receive insights from the audience!
📎Dreams help us find creative inspiration, give us a creative breakthrough
🌛🌛🌛If you need the link to the full article, let me know !
😴😴😴I for one would try a dream salon 🤭 YOU???
💡📄 Have you ever heard about ONEIROLOGY ?
Today I was preparing for the lesson and came across the Guardian article about dreams.
📎83% of dreams relate directly to waking life
📎Dream salons * dream sharing events * allow a person to share their dreams and receive insights from the audience!
📎Dreams help us find creative inspiration, give us a creative breakthrough
🌛🌛🌛If you need the link to the full article, let me know !
😴😴😴I for one would try a dream salon 🤭 YOU???
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