An interesting book about dragons!

Just finished reading Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn and I really enjoyed this book. ❤️
The story was so gripping that kept me up into the night! I just couldn’t put the book down!
Can’t wait for the sequel! 😘

Two interesting phrases from this book:
🇺🇲 (En) 👉👉👉 🇷🇺 (Ru)

🔹 hand-me-down = подержанный (hand-me-down truck)
🔹 walk/be on eggshells = ходить на цыпочках, подбирать слова (… he was walking on eggshells around her).

Started Reading – 9 June 2021
Finished Reading – 11 June 2021
My Rating: 5 Stars ★★★★★

Anna Karenina – the same opening line in 5 different languages (Eng, Esp, Pol, Rus, Am) /Read aloud

Hi friends! Today I’m going to read you in 5 different languages the same first sentence from a famous Russian book Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Let’s compare this famous opening line, and how it’s pronounced in Russian, English, Spanish, Polish and Armenian.

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language – David W. Anthony

I just finished reading The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World.

This book was written by David W. Anthony and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, not just because these subjects (prehistory, horses and languages) are my three favorites.The author also did a really fantastic job and described his detailed and very interesting investigation into the origins of Indo-European languages, the location of the Proto-Indo-European homeland and so much more.

This book was very well written and well-illustrated, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in knowing more about the Indo-European language family, the domestication of horses, the invention and use of wheeled vehicles, and also about Russian and Ukrainian archaeological studies.

Some interesting quotes from the book:

“It is oddly ironic that capitalist archaeologists made the mode of production central to their definition of the Neolithic, and Marxist archaeologists ignored it.”

“…you cannot understand the Indo-European problem if you ignore migration or pretend it was unimportant in the past.”

“Horse domestication might have depended on a lucky coincidence: the appearance of a relatively manageable and docile male in a place where humans could use him as the breeder of a domesticated bloodline. From the horse’s perspective, humans were the only way he could get a girl. From the human perspective, he was the only sire they wanted.”

“The absence of bit wear means nothing, since other forms of control (nosebands, hackamores) might leave no evidence. But its presence is an unmistakable sign of riding or driving.”

― David W. Anthony, The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World.

Started Reading – 19 March 2021
Finished Reading – 15 April 2021
My Rating: 5 Stars ★★★★★

I just finished reading Matilda by Roald Dahl and I loved this little book! 🇬🇧 💖

The writer has a great talent. His characters were so real! I literally cried while reading this touching story and remembering my own childhood...

Started Reading – 13 February 2021
Finished Reading – 20 February 2021

My 2021 Language Learning Goals and Reading Plans (eng subs)

Hello friends! Here are my language learning goals and reading plans for 2021. I know I’m a little late but better late than never!

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:17 Language Learning goals
3:29 Reading Plans
5:12 Conclusion

The best methods and techniques for improving communication skills were discussed in more detail in one of my previous videos here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz1OV…

I would really love to know what your goals are for this year.
Are you planning to learn a new language in 2021? Or maybe this year you (like me) are going to focus on maintaining and improving the languages you are already learning?

If you have any Spanish grammar book recommendations, please leave a comment down below. I’m trying to find a good book with clear grammar explanations and useful examples of Spanish verb tenses.

Also please let me know your favourite classic novels. I’d love to read more good classical literature in different languages.

I would really appreciate all your thoughts, ideas and book recommendations!

Thank you so much for watching and Happy reading!

P.S. I apologize for reading from a script. As some of you already know my story, I can read, write and understand but I still struggle to put my thoughts into words even in my own language – Russian. :)

Here is my story:

I understand but I can’t SPEAK – my language learning problem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVElN…

My language journey in 5 languages (Russian, English, Spanish, Polish and Armenian) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Bqr…

Let’s learn languages together!
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▶ Mail: info@silentpolyglot.com

#languagegoals #languagelearning #readingplans

Future Minds – Richard Watson

Just finished reading Future Minds: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It by Richard Watson.

This is by far one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read! It was published back in 2010, but it’s worth reading even today. The author has captured the problems we are facing right now: how this new digital age is changing the way we think, our ability to focus and compose new ideas, and much more.

I really liked some of his quotes. For example:

“We have developed a culture of instant digital gratification in which there is always something to do – although, ironically, we never seem to be entirely satisfied with what we end up choosing.”

“We have also created a society in which schools teach children how to pass exams but don’t generally teach children how to think.”

“While we may be communicating with each other more, we may be listening and understanding each other less.”

“Fakery, insincerity, and big fat lies all prosper in a world that is too busy or distracted.”

“… too much information isn’t just useless, it’s harmful.”

“… digitization plus connectivity has increased the amount of information it’s now possible to consume to the extent that our attention is now fragmented all of the time.”

“We need to do a little less and think a little more. We need to slow down – not all the time, but occasionally. We need to stop confusing movement with progress…”

So it was a very interesting and thought provoking book, and I really enjoyed reading it.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who has concerns about our rapidly changing world in the digital era. 👍🤗

Started Reading – 11 November 2020
Finished Reading – 11 January 2021
My Rating: 5 Stars ★★★★★

All the books I read in 2020!

Here are all 39 books I read in 2020 – in English, Spanish, Polish, Russian and Belarusian.

English 🇺🇲

1) Scorched by Michael Soll
2) The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth
3) The Rise of Homo Sapiens: The Evolution of Modern Thinking by Frederick L. Coolidge, Thomas Wynn
4) Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life by Carl Zimmer
5) Rabbits with Horns and Other Astounding Viruses (Chicago Shorts) by Carl Zimmer
6) Horses in Fact and Fiction – An Anthology by Åke Runnquist
7) Poultry Behaviour and Welfare by Michael C. Appleby, J.A. Mench, B.O. Hughes
8) In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Myth by J.P. Mallory
9) First Light by Rebecca Stead
10) The Cold King by Amber Jaeger
11) House of Stairs by William Sleator
12) A Different Blue by Amy Harmon
13) The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
14) 10 Rules for Achieving English Fluency: Learn how to successfully learn English as a foreign language by Anthony Kelleher
15) The Black Death: A History from Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
16) Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory by Steven Mithen
17) The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman
18) Double Helix by Nancy Werlin
19) Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior by Suzanne L. Davis
20) Don’t Fall by Rachel Schieffelbein

My language learning journey in 5 languages (eng subs) – Learning Languages by Reading Books

Hi! Here’s my language journey in Russian, English, Spanish, Polish and Armenian. I’m learning languages mainly by reading books and I’d like to share with you my experience so far.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction (English)
0:22 Russian
0:53 English
3:33 Spanish
5:59 Polish
9:00 Armenian
10:41 Conclusion (English)

You know… there is something magical about books. The more I read the more I want to read!
Reading books in other languages for me is always a way of knowing new things, learning about other cultures and customs, understanding different ways of expressing our thoughts and needs in different languages. Every new language for me is like a new opportunity, a key to better understanding our world – so complicated but so interesting, so wonderful!

I’d love to hear your thoughts, guys!
How many languages can you speak or understand?
Do you like reading books in different languages? What kind of books do you like to read the most?
Let me know in the comments below. Are there any bookworms + language learners out there?

Also I’d really appreciate all your feedback, any correction and any advice you could give on how to improve my pronunciation in English, Spanish and other languages.

Thank you for watching and Happy reading! 💕
Bye!
¡Adiós!
Pa pa!
Ցտեսություն:

Here is my story:
I understand but I can’t SPEAK – my language learning problem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVElNKVWM18&t=0s

5 language teachers ENG/ESP/POL and one therapist. What did they tell me about my language problem? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVElNKVWM18&t=0s

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Let’s learn languages together!
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▶ Mail: info@silentpolyglot.com

#languages #polyglot #multilingual

You can never have too many books, right?
Książek nigdy za wiele, prawda?
Книг много не бывает, правда?

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