So you’re thinking of learning a new language? That’s great! Where do you begin? By selecting a language. But which one? There are so many languages around the world however, one of the most influential languages, both currently and historically,
APPs vs TUTOR
The debate is clear: what is better for learning a new language, an app or a personal tutor? Phone apps are generally most popular with the younger generation, who have adapted their lives to all the technology around them. However,
Benefits of learning a Second language
At a glance, the world around us today has a wide variety of highly developed cultures, societal customs, and linguistic skills for us to learn from and incorporate into our own lives. If you’ve never thought about learning a second
Lettere a Zoe – 2019
“Caesar and Cleopatra” by George Bernard Shaw – my review
(Play/drama) Genre: History / My rate: 3 stars *** Despite the words in rivers and the looooooong speeches of the two characters, I found some parts to be CRAZY fun!! Despite from the overturning of traditional values and a sort
“DOLLFACE: A novel of the Roaring Twenties” by Renée Rosen – my review
Genre: historical fiction / My rate: 3 stars America in the 1920s: the wild fun of jazz, the Prohibition and the speakeasies, and a new kind of woman—the flapper. Vera Abramowitz, 18 years old, is determined to leave her
La Cabriolet (English title “The last convertible”) by Anton Myrer – my review
Genre: historical fiction / My rate: 3 stars It’s the story of five Harvard men, the women they loved and the elegant car that came to symbolize their romantic youth. It is also a summation of the American experience
“Zoë ” by Garrett Buhl Robinson – my review
Seated behind a small table full of booklets on a small chair which disappears beneath his imposing figure, in front of the Fifth Avenue Public Library in New York City, a big, blond boy greets anyone who meets his gaze
“Cultivating Humanity” by Martha C. Nussbaum – my review
Genre: Socio-political/Education/Non-fiction; My rating: 3 stars. Cultivating Humanity appeals to classical Greek texts as a basis for defense and reform of the liberal education. The author takes inspiration by the Greek cynic philosopher Diogenes’aspiration to transcend “local origins and group memberships”
‘The Elegance of the Hedgehog’ by Muriel Barbery – my review
Genre: Novel/ Fiction – My rating: 1 star…if possible, zero! Citing Caryn James of “The New York Times” that summarize with: “ ‘The Elegance of the Hedgehog’, a best seller in France and several other countries, belongs to a distinct