English Conversation Course

R ead the article How to learn like a memory champion published at http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140307-how-to-learn-like-a-memory-champ  and comment on/discuss it. Also, present your methods of memorization/learning. Have apps enhanced learning?

R ead the article Can virtual reality make you a better person? published at   http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141001-the-goggles-that-make-you-nicer and comment on/discuss it.

All of you will moderate the blog for a week. Therefore, put your name on the list (choose the week when you would like to do it). Remember, this is an obligatory part of the course.   What are you to do as a moderator? Choose some theme for your week. Put there links to interesting articles, films, presentations, etc. Comment on them and make others discuss them with you and other course participants.    Remember to send me your presentations at least 5 days before their publication.  You moderate your presentations from Monday until Sunday.  The dates of our work on the blog: 1.   06.10-12.10.14 2.   13.10-19.10.14 3.   20.10-26.10.14 Sergio C. Piotr Ch., Agata G.  4.   27.10-02.11.14 Rafał Banach, Kacper B., Paulina Z. 5.   03.11-09.11.14 Simon S. , Iza L., Rafał S. 6.   10.11-16.11.14 Sylwia B. , Mateusz F., Dominika S. 7.   17.11-23.11.14 Paweł W. , Jul...

Obtaining Credits (Zasady zaliczenia) Winter Term 2014/15 Group I (postgraduate students) You should prepare 2 presentations (some text, films and photos), which  you moderate (ask questions, comment on your friends’ opinions) during one week of the course. Moreover, each week you read/watch and comment on/ discuss your colleagues’ presentations. Send me your presentations at least 5 days before the date of their publication .  Each week of our work finishes on Sunday at 11:55 p.m. The dates of our work on the blog: 1.   06.10-12.10.14 2.   13.10-19.10.14 3.   20.10-26.10.14 4.   27.10-02.11.14 5.   03.11-09.11.14 6.   10.11-16.11.14 7.   17.11-23.11.14 8.   24.11-30.11.14 9.   01.12-07.12.14 10. 08.12-14.12.14 11. 15.12-21.12.14 12. 12.01-18.01.15 13. 19.01-25.01.15 Your blog address is http://konwersatorium1-ms-pjwstk.blogspot.com/ We also work at...

Dear Students, As the course is about to finish, please vote for the best presentation made this term. Justify your choice.

Without computer keyboard communication of our era would be completely impossible. Therefore, computer keyboard deserves at least a short summary of its advantages and secrets. First keyboard, similar to this which we know came into existence in 1951 – it was a part of UNIVAC. It was a separate device which was called Unityper. It was based on typing machine created by Remington company. http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/0f/25/db/z14361871Q.jpg The most popular keys were : space , a key to move back and „E”. Thanks to that notice Microsoft drew up lots of ergonomic keyboards . One of them has space divided – its left site was also an additional moving back key. Why it was put in that specific place? Because for some reason people do not use left thumb to write. Even if they can write with all (nine) fingers. Arrangement QWERTY has more efficient alternative. In year August Dvorak has patented keyboard arrangement which was competition for a classic QWERTY. Dvorak's a...

http://thetartan.org/2012/12/3/news/ Language affects on our moral decisions. Such conclusion results from psychologist's research made by American and Spanish team. Thinking and speaking foreign language we react in emotional way. A simple example- a person who is going to make a love confession, could think for a while and imagine would it be easier to say this words in mother language or in, for example, English. Would it be easier to say „kocham Cię” or „I love you”? According to american-spanish team poles would be definitely less stressed saying it in English. The team claims that language has a lot to do with emotions and morality. Very common survey to see our choices connects with morality is, so called, trolley test. Participants of such test are shown two situations. In the first one on the platform they see very quickly riding trolley with five people inside. It is known that they cannot do anything and that the trolley will crash and the passengers...