English Conversation Course

Read  the article and watch the video at  http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181016-how-to-boost-your-mood-with-one-10-minute-exercise  Discuss the presented ideas/concepts. Share with us your experiences and knowledge.

Watch the video at  https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/how-to-get-on-with-someone-you-hate-at-work/p072bwd0  and comment on it. Present your personal experiences and solutions to the problem.

Put your name on the list of blog moderators (choose a week when you would like to do it). Remember, blog moderation is an obligatory part of the course. What do you do as a moderator? Choose some theme for your week. Put on the blog links to interesting articles, films, presentations, etc. Comment on them and encourage your group to discuss them with you and other course participants. 1. 11-17.03 2. 18-24.03 Anna K., 3. 25-31.03 Bartosz B., Andrzej N., Denys Y., 4. 01-07.04 Nataliya T., Daniel C., Marta K., Michał S., Maciej S., 5. 08-14.04 Olga G., Adam N., Igor G., Agnieszka Bednarczyk 6. 15-28.04 Bakdaulet T. , Yana L., Ewelina Z., Sławomir D.,  7. 06-12.05 Aleksander Ch., Yekateryna P., Marcin L., Piotr D., 8. 13-19.05 Anton M., Tomasz K., Maryna Bratishko, Cezary Szymkiewicz, Krzysztof Maciaszek  9. 20-26.05 Sebastian W., Piotr Dominowski, Paweł Wojtasiak,  Camilla V.R., Anastasiia Churyk, Zygmunt Żardecki 10. 27.05-02.06 Sebastian...

You should prepare  2 presentations: one based on text with some short videos and photos; the second one should be a video, e.g. a TED presentation with your introduction and questions to discuss. You  moderate  your presentations (ask questions, comment on your friends’ opinions). Your moderation will be evaluated. Moreover, each week you read/watch and comment on/ discuss your colleagues’ presentations. Send me your presentations at least  a week before  the date of their  publication .  Your presentation should: 1.      consist of text (ca.400 words). 2.      include photos, videos (only  in English ). 3.      be interesting to read, watch and comment on. If I do not like the topic, I can ask you to prepare a new presentation. 4.      be submitted in the Word file or the Google docs (no PDF files). 5.      include the sources...

Yamato and Mushashi were the biggest battleships ever created. There were once symbols of the military might of the Japanese Empire and I would like to present you these amazing ships. As it was said at the beginning, Yamato and Mushashi were battleships. For these people, who are unfamiliar with the types of warships, I will try to explain this briefly. Battleships were descendants of sailing ships of the line from XIX century. It was   the strongest and biggest class of ships, designed to provide devastating fire power.   One of the first “modern” battleships was British Dreadnought from   1906 which set pattern for all later constructions. The main conception was to replace a huge amount of guns with a few cannons, but with outstanding fire power and range and to cover everything with thick steel arm or. No other warships had so much armour as battleships. However, steel is relatively a heavy material (the weight of a square metre of steel of t...

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Sound of 60s and 70's Have you ever wondered what's that warm sound, that's being heard in rhythm and blues, rock, and reggae, progressive rock? How about black church and gospel? And those old american movies where you could find baseball and hockey stadiums where such specific music has been played. That was all possible by two guys who invented the electric organs called  Hammond Organs - Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert Sometimes Hammond was acompanied by rotating speaker - Leslie speaker - which created a deep,  characteristic sound because of the constantly changing pitch shifts that result from the Doppler effect created by the moving sound source. Let's hear that genre-changing instrument. Have you ever heard about Hammond Organs or electronic organs? Do you like 70's funk or gospel music? Can you play any instrument?