Interested in technology for language teaching & learning; I run the Russian Grammar Channel on Youtube and https://xitter.cf/t.co/SnoHbCnokz.
Joined July 2014
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Curt Ford retweeted
I don’t say it often, but everyone should watch this video in its entirety.
The use of 'brave' as an adjective has become almost disposable these days, overused to the point of meaninglessness.
However, this video—filmed within 48 hours of learning that one of her greatest nightmares had become a reality—demonstrates remarkable bravery by Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Alexei Navalny.
The power and clarity of her message and the decision to put herself directly in the crosshairs of Vladimir Putin and his security services is an example of extraordinary sacrifice.
Россия будет свободной!
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Curt Ford is creating video tutorials on Russian grammar. You can support the project by buying a coffee here — buymeacoffee.com/russiangram…
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Ukrainians are stronger than cold and darkness.
Ukrainians are stronger than intrigues, falsehoods, psyops, pain, despondency, despair, and discord.
Ukrainians are stronger than fear.
Ukrainians are stronger than terror.
Ukrainians are stronger than evil.
Ukrainians are stronger than this war.
Ukrainians are stronger together.
Happy New Year 2024, Ukraine!
Glory to Ukraine!
Curt Ford retweeted
This is Oksana Vorobyova,
a teacher at a primary school from my homecity Zaporizhzhia. despite regular bombings and non-stop air raid alarms, she kept teaching kids via video calls. russians murdered her today in her own home with a missile while she was working at her computer
Curt Ford retweeted
Grammar changes how we see the world.
This article explores how an Aboriginal language provides unexpected insight into how language influences perception.
#langtwt
scientificamerican.com/artic…
Excellent news: season 6 (intermediate to advanced) of Anna Ohioko's Ukrainian lessons podcast is appearing! ukrainianlessons.com/season6… #langtwt
Book talk next Wednesday: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/…
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Russian "writer" Aleksey Sukonkin describes his vision for the future of Ukraine: he predicts the repeat of the 1950s anti-Soviet underground movement, and suggests that Russia has rich experience in eliminating resistance. Just read it, it's even crazier than it sounds. He believes it will take Russia 20 years to establish order (kill everyone who doesn't want the Russian world on their land).
Thought I would only read such things in history books. As insane as his words sound, I encourage people to believe this is exactly what is going to happen if we do not stop the Moskva regime and the Kremlin Ripper from achieving their goals.
t.me/A_S_Sukonkin/5178
Curt Ford retweeted
Useful thread
The problem, @stephenWalt, is not that people condemn you; it’s that you *do not listen* to them and just continue repeating the same lines.
You’ve already made your “moral case for pursuing peace.” What you haven’t made is your moral case for occupation.
Time to do it. 🧵
Can a taste of historical linguistics help remember verb conjugations and word derivation? Find out with this intro to an ancient Slavic sound shift. #learnrussian #langtwt tips4russian.com/courses/раз…
I'm wonderfully caffeinated. Cпасибо большое, Geert!
Geert Hendrickx just supported @tips4russian on @buymeacoffee! 🎉
You can buy them a coffee here — buymeacoffee.com/russiangram…
Excellent tips for any language learner. 🙂
Check out my step by step guide for @LTL_School to sounding less robotic & more natural/ fluent when speaking Chinese!💪 ltl-beijing.com/sounding-les…
Curt Ford retweeted
If you want to speak with authority about Ukraine, you should do research in Ukraine, travel back and forth from Ukraine, and learn Ukrainian. I can't believe I even have to say this. I'm saying it. It takes years of training, reading, writing, some guts, new contacts, and work.
Curt Ford retweeted
Day 500 of the Russian war in Ukraine.
I am president of the Kyiv School of Economics, a former minister of economy of Ukraine, and a professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh. I left the US for Kyiv 4 days before the war.
These are the lessons I learned. 1/
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As a tribute to Ukrainian writer and poet Victoria Amelina, killed by a Russian missile in Kramatorsk, please read and circulate her work far and wide. In this thread, I will collect links to some of her writings translated into English ✍️
