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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✨✨✨BOOK CLUB ONLY UP ✨✨✨
🔥🔥🔥This is where you should finish our third reading part ,guys!
🔥🔥🔥Our Meeting 2 was just fabulous: 90 minutes were felt like 15 minutes full of joy and excitement! 📓 🎉📖
A special big THANK YOU to my American best friend Rick for participation❤️
📌📌📌Our Meeting 3 is on 15th October .
Enjoy your autumn reading time 🍂🍁🍂
🔥🔥🔥This is where you should finish our third reading part ,guys!
🔥🔥🔥Our Meeting 2 was just fabulous: 90 minutes were felt like 15 minutes full of joy and excitement! 📓 🎉📖
A special big THANK YOU to my American best friend Rick for participation❤️
📌📌📌Our Meeting 3 is on 15th October .
Enjoy your autumn reading time 🍂🍁🍂
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🌹🌺🌹Today's our professional noble holiday! 🌹🌺🌹
My teaching career started long time ago when I was 25 years old,that's 20+ years of working experience 🥳🥳🥳First students,first lesson plans,first victories and failures, first teacher's community,first development courses and a totally NEW universe ,NEW space,NEW mission and here am I still teaching with love and care ❤️😇🤓Never ever did I have any doubt that I was going the wrong way!
If there are my colleagues here in my community, HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY to you all!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Lots of love and support from Yulia ,the teacher of English 💞
My teaching career started long time ago when I was 25 years old,that's 20+ years of working experience 🥳🥳🥳First students,first lesson plans,first victories and failures, first teacher's community,first development courses and a totally NEW universe ,NEW space,NEW mission and here am I still teaching with love and care ❤️😇🤓Never ever did I have any doubt that I was going the wrong way!
If there are my colleagues here in my community, HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY to you all!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Lots of love and support from Yulia ,the teacher of English 💞
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🍁🍂🌾🍁Hi my friends!🍁🍂🌾🍁
It's high time we did a short research on WHAT you really enjoy about learning English!
📝The more I know about my community subscribers,the more useful and engaging information I'll be posting here.
It's high time we did a short research on WHAT you really enjoy about learning English!
📝The more I know about my community subscribers,the more useful and engaging information I'll be posting here.
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What activities do you really get a real kick out of while learning English ?
Anonymous Poll
0%
I'm keen on listening to podcasts and interviews,songs and audiobooks.
25%
I love reading a lot - books,articles,texts,blogs,etc
0%
I'm a regular speaking club participant. I enjoy communicating in English
38%
Watching films,series,YouTube videos,vlogs,etc. is my thing.
0%
I get a real kick out of studying grammar and doing hundreds of grammar exercises and tests.
13%
I'm fascinated by the beauty of English words. I adore collecting idioms,collocations, etc.
0%
I'm thrilled with writing in English!
25%
My infatuation with English is boundless.All the previous options are about me.
0%
I've got my own answer and leave it in the comments)))