Copernicus Goes To China: The Sounds Of English
Copernicus Goes To China: The Sounds Of English This column is named after the 16th-century Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who argued that “the heavenly bodies do not all move round […]
Copernicus Goes To Rio: Soft Voices And Guitars
Copernicus Goes To Rio: Soft Voices And Guitars “We are this giant country in the southern hemisphere, highly mixed racially. We are Latin Americans, but we are not one with […]
Copernicus And The Woman From A Warsaw Cafe
Copernicus And The Woman From A Warsaw Cafe Here’s a great story: a young woman is sitting in a café. She is noticed by a film director and – although […]
Copernicus asks: what can EFL students learn from Stephen Hawking?
What can EFL students learn from Stephen Hawking? It’s not often discussed in course books, but one of the most fascinating things about languages is the question of rhythm. Some […]
Copernicus Goes sub-Saharan: “I belong to everybody, and I belong to nobody”
Copernicus Goes sub-Saharan: “I belong to everybody, and I belong to nobody.” It is the nation with the biggest population in Africa – it is home to more people than […]
Copernicus: Assessing English Skills
Copernicus: Assessing English Skills “The heavenly bodies do not all move round the same centre.” This is the first of seven axioms written down by the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus […]
Copernicus: Nobody is Special in Today’s English Speaking Universe
The Copernican Principle – named after the 16th-century Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus – says that there are no ‘special’ observers. In other words, we can explain how the universe works […]