Try googling “best way to lose fat” — you’ll inevitably get pages of results listing different super foods, “simple” diets and exercise plans “that really work”. Each will promise better…
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When Kató Lomb graduated with a PhD in physics and chemistry, she knew what she was going to do next: She is going to teach English. The only problem? She…
My mum asked me lately if I wanted anything from the grocery store. I turned around and said: Yes please, could you get soy milk, some apples and a… a……
Each of us has a dark secret. You may have stolen a crayon from a friend in kindergarten, or told your auntie she looked great in that blue dress… my…
There’s at least a dozen reasons why you might be learning a language. Maybe you have friends or family that speak Russian, and you want to be able to speak…
In the first post about learning via social media we talked about Facebook, Whatsapp, group study and language exchanges. I hope that since then you have experimented and tried out…
Imagine you started each day with a clear, calm mind and finished it with a sense of accomplishment. Please don’t stop reading now, it won’t be a post on finding…
I still remember the first time I tried to start running every morning. I set up my alarm earlier than normal, went to bed at a reasonable hour, and fell…
Do women learn differently than men? The question popped into my mind when I run into an article Are women really better at learning languages?. This slightly leading title prompted…