Time for change

My dear readers! I feel obliged to explain my long absence. The thing is that in September I started a new site in Russian devoted to English language learners. Here it is: “Клуб любителей английского языка”. So these two months I’ve been having quite a hectic time. But I have been missing you!

And I’m going to return. Now time has come for me to rearrange this blog. I’m working on it now, which keeps me far too busy to publish any new posts, though I have lots of new ideas which I’m eager to share with you. The blog is going to have a new face and a new domain name. I’ll keep you posted.

See you soon.

Love, Olga

 

Liebster Award

I’m proud and happy that it is the second time my blog has been awarded! This time I received a Liebster Award from the hands of my fellow blogger Ariana at Pearl’s Twirl. I can’t say what I love more about her blog: “her American world” or “the hint of her Russian personality”. I just love Ariana’s blog: the topics she picks for her blog posts, the slightly ironical way she uses to write about everything, her love for life and enthusiasm about anything she does. Recently I had a pleasure to interview Ariana for my Russian site about her relationship with the English language. 

 

An Autumn Story

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India through a Kid’s Eyes

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Helping People Understand Each Other

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Travelling with a Kid

by Olga SE
Before our first trip to the sea I often wondered what age a kid should be to be able to spend three days in a car. A girl I know who is a mother of three said the best age to travel with kids is when they are newborn because they don’t need any food or drink and haven’t got any particular preferences. I lifted my eyebrows in surprise and couldn’t believe her. Anyway, it was too late for me to check for my daughter wasn’t newborn any more. 

 

Femininity as I See it

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5 Secrets to Success in Learning a Foreign Language

by Olga SE

Having been in the role of both a student and a teacher, I can confess without false modesty that I know the topic of acquiring a foreign language inside out. I share my story and the tips I hope you will find helpful. 

 

My Black Sea

by Olga SE

I love water. Which is no wonder for I was born under the Cancer zodiac sign. It makes me feel calm, relaxed and in peace with myself. The proximity of a river, lake and especially sea brings comfort to my life. As to an ocean, I have never seen one.

 

Versatile Blogger Award

by Olga SE

I have good news and I’m happy to share it with you: my blog has been awarded by Monica Welch at Word Nymph. I enjoy Monica’s blog and read it whenever I have some time to spare. So it rejoiced me to discover that Monica considers my blog deserving the award. Thank you very much, Monica!

I can’t remember receiving any awards before, though it may be that I’m not thinking hard enough. But it is definitely the first blogging award I have ever received and I’m so full of pride that I’m going to complete all the requirements the award entails though I’m not pressured in any way to that. 

 

The Power of Here and Now

by Olga SE

I’ve always found it difficult to concentrate on here and now. Instead I tend to find myself living either in the past or in the future. Although I am well aware that multi-tasking is a myth, it’s hard for me to focus on what I’m doing at the moment without thinking of my future plans or giving inner feedback on the activities I have accomplished (or, more often, haven’t accomplished). One of my favourite quotations is “Take one step at a time” though I have failed to live up to it so far. 

 

Word Nymph’s Point of View

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A Road to God

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What is the Best Age to Learn a Foreign Language?

by Olga SE

The fact that my father dealt with native English speakers in his job as an interpreter didn’t facilitate my learning the language when I went to a Russian school with English bias at the age of seven. I encountered a lot of difficulties and didn’t make good progress in understanding grammar. It resulted in my inability to communicate in English in India where I had to spend seven months of my life being a ten-year-old. I only began to understand English grammar taking lessons from a private teacher before entering the institute. An idea began to form in my mind that it would be great to teach my future child to speak two languages at once. 

 

The Art of Living

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