English Conversation Course

If you are designers you could hear about this approach to design. It’s a method of creating innovative products and services based on deep understanding of the problems and needs of users. In Poland it is relatively new but it’s really popular in United States. I heard about it for the first time from my colleagues from work who are User Experience Designers, but this methodology is useful for all designers and inventors. Design thinking can be applied in every industry. For this reason I was interested in Elise Roy’ s lecture on TED. She talked about design thinking for disabled people. Roy has been deaf since the age of ten. She is a disability rights lawyer, she fights for more open, accessible world for disabled people. She said “Designing for extremes, creates solutions that are better than when we design for the norm. And people with disabilities are great examples of extreme users.” She shows us that designing for people with disabilities can help us make better solutions fo...

Almost all of us start a day with a cup of coffee. Some people drink coffee with milk, others only black. Every day we can meet crowds in famous coffeehouse chains like Starbucks or Costa. In such places coffee is made in a pressure espresso machine but there are other methods of brewing coffee. 1. Moka pot https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Moka_brewing.jpg The process of brewing coffee in this machine is based on boiling water which passes through under pressure by the ground coffee beans. The most popular company produce moka pots is Bialetti. Moka pot was invented in Italy. The Moka Pot is powered by fire or electricity power. They are traditionally made of aluminium or sometimes made of stainless steel. This is an easy way to prepare coffee at home and makes coffee very aromatic. 2. Chemex https://images.contentful.com/3h0qt25be5vd/5PvJBfq0EM208C4MmkcsQu/9940a19d6310f63dd9ff71649b590470/Brew_Guide-Chemex-Step05.jpg?w=960&h=640&fm=jpg...

Making a tattoo is a popular form of body art nowadays. This kind of body modifications shows personal expression, experiences or beliefs. Tattooing has been practiced in the world since at least Neolithic times. The oldest discovery of tattooed human skin to date is found on the body of Ötzi the Iceman, dating to between 3370 and 3100 BC. Tattooing in the ancient world had many meanings. In acient Egypt people used tattoos for status, healing, religion and as a form of punishment. On the other hand, in ancient China, tattooing was a barbaric practise and was identified with bandits. Also, in Qing dynasty, tattooing criminals' faces was a common method to recognise a prisoner. Tattooing has been a part of life in the Philippines since pre-Hispanic colonization of the Philippine Islands. Filipinos were using tattoos as a form of rank and accomplishments. They also believed that tattoos had magical properties. In ancient Japan, tattoos were used for spiritual and esthetic purpo...

People can be divided into three groups: givers, takers and matchers.  A person who is a giver looks for ways to be helpful to other people.  Someone who is a taker focuses on taking as much as possible from other people and doesn't give anything in return. Matchers are mix of takers and givers – they will do something for somebody if somebody does something for them. Adam Grant is an American author and a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He wrote a book “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success,” in which he examines the surprising forces that decide why some people rise to the top of the success ladder while others sink to the bottom. Adam Grant surveyed over 30,000 people across industries around the world's cultures. The result was that most people are matchers. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyXRYgjQXX0 Let's watch his TED talk about this topic: Questions: 1) Are you a giver o...

Visa is an American rock band up till 2009 or, a more commonly known permission needed to entry a specific country. For some of the visas you have to pay and apply in advance, before booking your trip, for some countries like Egypt you may be eligible for a visa on arrival, that means you will get a stamp at the Egyptian port of entry, allowing you to stay there. There are many exceptions of course and it all depends on your nationality, moreover, types of permission vary and have different validity. Egyptian visa on arrival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Egypt   Every country has its own types of visas available for migrants and travelers. If talking about American visas there are two main types: immigrant and non-immigrant. To receive the first one you need to be a relative to an American citizen, have an appointed employment, be a refugee or asylee. In that case properly your relative or emplo...