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June 2017

The Little Walter Journey

Jakub Jiaxis Svoboda   Behind any meaningful piece of writing, there is always a passion: without passion, writing is reduced to mere text production. When I started looking for a topic for my Bachelor’s thesis I was in a position shared by numerous fellow students at the department, that is, wondering about what to write …

Teaching Listening in Mozambique                                 

Felizardo Armando Muianga For a long time in the history of foreign- and second-language teaching, listening comprehension skills were disregarded. In the 1950s and 1960s, however, listening skills aroused the interest of a significant number of scholars and were identified as fundamental to foreign- and second-language learning. Although in global terms there …

From your Editor

Dear readers, I have got marvellous news for you!  This year The Messenger has gone fully online – i.e. no paper version and a lovely new online ISSN. The Messenger has not only been produced by a team of fully engaged students of AJ_EJTM but it has also been completed by some outstanding …

Netflix

Tereza Frgalová Netflix is a phenomenon that is slowly taking over the world. It has become very popular lately and is referred to in several series and movies, not to mention in online communities and the memes they produce – like, for example, in the picture below. It contains the famous …