tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28141322611891767562011-04-21T16:07:12.818-07:00Mainly this blog's aim is to improve my English by basically recording what, how and how much I'm doing for my English. Also it should serve as a collection of my favorite and most useful links that a language learner by all means needs.Simhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084257687731395878noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814132261189176756.post-839554569142093142007-07-17T05:30:00.000-07:002007-07-21T07:43:51.670-07:00

Yes, I'm in Switzerland.Having worked 6 years in Wr.Neustadt, Lower Austria, in a bath as a waitress, I thought it would be nice to do something else for a change; something in a foreign country and a job that is more rewarding financially than my waitress job. :-)As one can make good money in this beautiful country, I decided to work here for 6 weeks this summer. So, here I am and I’m a

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Oh, I’m sure there must be a God!!! No human being can create such a heavenly thing!!! No kidding! Take a look at the best site ever and you’ll see what I’m talking about. If you don’t like it, however, something’s wrong with you or you’re a philistine. Whatsoever, don’t tell me if you don’t admire “Bibliomania” … I won’t like you anymore. ;-) *chuckle*Bibliomania is divided in 3 main parts: read

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What would we do without dictionaries? Aren’t they our best friends? Oh, I often “consult my dictionaries”…I know there are dozens of dictionaries in cyberopps but I found out that I have some more to share with y’all … after all, we can’t have enough of them, can we? Interactive Terminology for Europe: IATE, originally EURODICAUTOM, is a multilingual dictionary. You can choose between dozens of

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I think I can talk for everybody if I say we’re still shocked because of the massacre in the US. What’s wrong with those people? How crazy must someone be to be able to do something like that? Okay…see, I won’t put in my two cents now, I really don’t want to write about this fearsome massacre or similar topics that already had happened; not only because I think everybody did that already, but

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Okay no generalizing…I’m talking about myself (how selfish…hihi…but you’ll soon understand it). We’ve had our “Little Progress Test” in English yesterday (April 24) and I came to the conclusion that it actually was a real big test only disguised as a “Little Progress Test”. I like those kinds of teachers who bandy with euphemism around ;-) …they’re fun. I can remember my linguist teacher in

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Are you as helpless as I was? What the heck is Tristan da Cunha and why am I writing about it? Okay, in order to give the information some content, here’s how I came to that: Some of my roomies and I sometimes learn “together” in terms of sitting/ lying together in our kitchen-cum-living room and studying, each of us for their own studies. Although I’m a “loner” with studying languages on my

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Have you ever heard of that, done it yourself or seen some professionals doing that? If you have no idea how freestyle slalom skating looks like you can check out some videos here (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Well, yes, that's what I do more or less and maybe one day you'll find a video from me on youtube ;-). But seriously...I love skating. Ever since I stopped dancing ballet I didn't quite know what to

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This is the video Mr. Newman sent to all of us. I don't know if you've seen it but I did and I think it's really worth having a look at it. That's the reason for my writing: I have to put in my two cents :-) but in fact I just want to briefly comment on it.Hans Roslong, Professor of Interational Health, gives a graphical and entertaining summary of how the world has changed in the past 40

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No, no, don't worry...I haven't read the whole book yet but I like it a lot and I'd like to quote a few things from the book; especially because it kind of answers to my last entry. 1) "...family is something you discover you cannot change..."2) "...: home is not finally a thing of rocks and roof tiles, nails and wood; home, as the old saying has it, is where the hear resides. Or in other words:

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There's nothing that inspires me to write as much as a trip "home".Okay...before I start sharing my deepest thoughts ;-) with you, I feel like I have to let you know something very important in order to avoid misunderstanding: I really love my parents! I DO!BUT "Your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life." (Chuck Palahniuk)OR "Children are born as their

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This is what I found out during our blogsession in class: "The English Blog; For Learners and Teachers of English" seems to be a fantastic ESL learning blog with loads of things to explore! You all have to visit this one! It's a perfect site created for non-native speakers to help them improve their English. What you can find here are numerous links, tips and advice for English learners. The

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Are you such a big fan of BBC as I am? If so, you have to be friends with "bbc.co.uk" ! I not only love to watch BBC Prime whenever I'm at home in Vienna (especially BBC learning, sitcoms, Eddie Izzard, Three Non Blonds, etc.) but I especially like this link. Apart from having the opportunity to read the news in 33 languages, the bbc homepage provides you with various topics that might tickle

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I accidently found this book on "insider's-english.de" , a nice link where I eventually signed up, not only because I wanted to subscribe to OWAD (One Word A Day) but also because it's full of quite funny and useful stuff that especially helps you enrich your vocabulary. You can do tests here, as well, and even order file cards, books and book semiars, trainings. But enough about this link...I

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This is the dorm I'm living in! The whole building consist of 3 blocks A-B-C, each of which has 5 floors with room for 16 people. A floor can be considered a big flat with a lot of bedrooms and one kitchen-cum-living room. We're 15 people on our floor (A3) right know and we hold together like a big family. Our living together works out very well for each of us and we're proud of having managed to

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