Recentelijk las ik Orlando Figes’ “Natasja’s Dans” (2002), een zeer uitgebreid werk van de auteur die later “Fluisteraars” op zou leveren. Net als de overige werken van Figes, hebben de genoemde boeken vooral betrekking op alles dat met Rusland te maken heeft. Waar “Fluisteraars” een prachtig beeld van de beklemmende Sovjet-maatschappij onder Stalin schetst, daar […]
Filed under: Reading techniques by Robert P. Sinke on 19-08-2018 @ 02:50:27
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The great thing about learning a language, is experiencing those small steps of success in between more important milestones. One of those baby steps – almost quite literally – is the ability to read (parts of) a book written in a foreign language. It really doesn’t matter what type of book or Internet site you’re […]
Filed under: English, Poetry, Reading techniques, Russia by Robert P. Sinke on 11-08-2018 @ 09:00:14
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While ploughing through Tony Buzan‘s speed reading course, my mind obviously started to wander off. Every time someone tells me explicitly not-to-do-something, I’ll end up doing the opposite. Buzan’s theory requires you to fully commit yourself to reading – as opposed to, say, spend time on thinking about why you used three exclamation marks at […]
Filed under: English, Reading techniques, Russia by Robert P. Sinke on 15-08-2010 @ 03:32:39
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