So I’ve been listening to short podcasts with a tapescript to help. This hasn’t had the magical affects I’d been hoping for. However, it has highlighted a weakness in my Polish that I had ignored for too long, so that’s…
So much damn fun Well, maybe that’s a bit of an overstatement. It’s the nominative case so it’s meant to be the most straightforward. Most of the exercises for A1,A2 and B1 in Polish are becoming familiar with male,female and…
It took me over a month to complete the A1,A2 and B1 sections of the case in my Polish grammar book
It’s frustrating when we we feel like people aren’t listening to us, at work, at home or when socializing. This can happen regardless of what language your speaking, your native or second or third. It’s not grammar that is holding…
Are you forgetting words that force you to pause? GOOD Are you mispronouncing? GOOD Using the wrong tenses? GOOD Not understanding everything that is said? GOOD Unable to to write clear emails, in an efficient way? GOOD Asked by your…
If you want to become fluent, there's a way to do it all on your own, it just requires this...
I came to this realization fairly recently, with COVID frenzy still surrounding me I was reading a book and the authors made a passing mention of the importance of writing. I focused and read slower. If you’re ever hiring someone…
Whose interests are more important? In the long-run? in the short-run? That’s the key. Are you playing the long game or the quick fix? I’m not an economist but if you want a relationship with your customers it would make…
Most of us have never wondered about such things but I love this! I knew the answer to it when I heard it being asked from a famous actor and now, I am taking it for my own. My action…
There are infinite possibilities in some places for some people in certain situations. I don’t feel them. I can’t comprehend infinite, or the universe expanding for that matter. I just try to accomplish what I set out to do. At…
Don’t over-analyze either. Recently, I’ve had many students mention how they are afflicted with this and lose sleep as a result. Imagine it? What to do? How can we function throughout our days in such a dangerous state? When I…
I listened to an episode of Akimbo yesterday. A podcast by Seth Godin who is basically my inspiration for most professional endeavors these days. With consistency he delivers always the right amount of inspiration, which is a reminder to keep…
I eat it everyday. About five to seven slices of it or more. I douse it in olive oil, or spread some butter on it, or hummus. Other days I spread avocado or cream cheese. Sometimes, I just eat it…
It’s a terrifying thing and it’s incredibly powerful. Many language learners experience it and it stays with them for quite some time. Many times, Polish people I’ve met have confessed that this is what is preventing them from real progress…
So I had a lesson on communication yesterday with a class and we were discussing which spoken and written forms of communication the students prefer to use and what problems they may encounter with different forms of writing and speaking.…