Copernicus Goes To China: The Sounds Of English
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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
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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
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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?
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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”
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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
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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
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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 […]