Reading leads to success and happiness. Period. But how? First of all, reading widens your mental (what many call intellectual) horizons. The more you read, the more information you pick up about the world and everything in it. This leads to a solid core of knowledge that is useful to you in a wide variety…
Hi everyone, This morning I recorded one of my favourite poems “Say not the struggle naught availeth” by Arthur Hugh Clough. I read it (and often aloud) when I feel down in the dumps… when I feel I haven’t got what I deserve… my efforts aren’t aptly rewarded… or I suffer for no faults of…
Hi everyone, Here’s just a quick note. We live and learn. Of course, you will agree with me. Well, we usually don’t (actually can’t) learn everything of anything. For instance, I have been using MS Word for decades. But in the last two days, I have come to know about so many features and tricks…
World Teachers’ Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is held annually on October 5. It aims to focus on “appreciating, assessing and improving the educators of the world” and to provide an opportunity to consider issues related to teachers and teaching. This is what Wikipedia says. Well, such days give us teachers a…
As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog, here’s my first attempt at recording ‘To be, or not to be’, the famous soliloquy by Prince Hamlet in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Click this link to listen to it. In case you want the audio file via WhatsApp, please send me a message on 9825442418. I look forward…
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Hello English language learner, adjacent, bury, colleague, cuisine, dais, gigantic, personnel, résumé Are you confident about the pronunciation of these words? If yes, congratulate yourself. If not, click this link to watch the video and learn 100 commonly mispronounced words in English. If you like the video, please give a comment and share it with…
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A confession–I have often made a vow that I would write REGULARLY to hone my writing skills. But it turned out to be like Mark Twain’s famous quote: ‘Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.’ Well, though I couldn’t write regularly on public…
Know where you stand in terms of vocabulary Dear English language learner, If you really want to know how good your command of vocabulary is, watch the video containing 50 words, and judge yourself. If your score is … : your command is … 1. Between 01 and 15: Poor 2. …