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 …
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 …
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 …
Erika Murakami We sometimes find it difficult to make a new friend even in our own culture. It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to develop a friendship between people from different cultural backgrounds. In my first month in Brno, I struggled to make new friends and became seriously homesick. In …
Miriam Fischer Me, Myself and My Smartphone Take a look to your left, now take a look to your right. I guess your smartphone is situated within your direct reach. The electronic monitoring system is our constant companion through our daily routine and by now indispensable for most of its users. How else …