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Take Off 21: Nikolov Marianne on Vocabulary Learning
Another rerun of a segment from a Joe and Co. episode from last year, featuring Marianne's ideas about learning vocabulary. The music for this episode is by Everyday Jones, What I'm Missing. Used under...
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Take Off 22: Reka's Stories from the Park
This episode features Lugossy Reka and her stories.
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Take Off 23: Krupla Gergo About Reading and Writing
A talented writer, Gergo is a fourth-year student at the University of Pecs.
View ArticleTake Off 24: Through the Glasses of... By Rudolf Anna
Listen to Rudolf Anna's story from her blog at http://anchuk.blogspot.com The singer featured in the episode is Hannah Ild.
View ArticleTake Off 25: Easter Island by Katherine Routledge
In this episode I read a passage about the prehistoric statues on Easter Island. Read the rest of the chapter and other sections in Routledge's book on Google Books:...
View ArticleTake Off 26: The Untouchables
A scene from the movie starring Sean Connery and Kevin Costner, plus a conversation with Rácz Krisztián. The song is by the Mitchell Blues Band -- a free MP3 file from www.iLike.com
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Take Off 27: Stephen Spinder's Stories
In the past three years, I have met Steve four times: at the annual Budapest Folk Dance Festivals. This past weekend I asked him to tell Take Off a little bit about his interest in things Hungarian and...
View ArticleTake Off 28: On the Terrace of Paulus
Kosóczki Kata, Buda Réka and Fodor Balázs, three students from my Oral Presentation Skills II course, are talking about Forster's novel, A Passage to India, and another passage. The song is "Sol...
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Take Off 29: After the Conference
Lovorka Zergollern - Miletic, a colleague from the University of Zagreb, and I gave a talk on coherence and originality in student writing at a Pécs conference last week. After the presentation, we...
View ArticleTake Off 30: Toronto, Starlight, and Zamárdi
Konkoly Kriszta, Horváth Bálint, and Szilas Péter, three English majors at the University of Pécs, talk about an exam and their summer plans.
View ArticleTake Off 31: Viva La Vida by Coldplay
The first summer episode! Enjoy your vacation and this story, the lyrics of Coldplay's Viva La Vida.
View ArticleTake Off 32: Accelerate with REM
How about shifting into sixth gear with this fantastic track from REM's latest album? Plus listen to my rendition of the lyrics. Enjoy! Also, check out Take Off after the REM concert on the Sziget on...
View ArticleTake Off 33: Frank Mills from Hair
That's right: this week, the lyrics comes from that 60s musical, Hair. Enjoy!
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Take Off 34: Find the River with REM
In just a little more than a day, I'll be there with the crowd watching and listening to REM at the Sziget, Budapest, Hungary. I hope to be back from that concert with a special REM Live edition of the...
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Take Off 36: Five Students Start Blogs
The site is up and running again! Enjoy these podcasts! Listen to the first posts of Andrea, Dóra, Zsófi, Kornél, and Krisztián. I am planning more episodes featuring students' blogs this semester. If...
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Take Off 37: Amsterdam Calling
Kartali László, third-year student of Pécs, jazz musician, vocabulary master, and composer of the Take Off theme music, calls Amsterdam home this semester that he spends in Holland on an Erasmus...
View ArticleTake Off 38: Stories by Dóri, Évi and Lilla
Three blogs, three stories, three students: Szvath Dóra, Balázs Éva and Gazdóf Lilla. Music credit: a song by Ellen Says No, a free MP3 download from http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ellen+Says+No
View ArticleTake Off 39: Reports by Sziszi, Angéla, István and Eszter
A nameday, an exhibition, a trip and a song: four students share their experiences on their blogs. Music credit: Michael Halaas, http://www.ilike.com
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Take Off 40: Meeting Would-Be Freshmen
First, some thoughts about meeting would-be freshmen last Saturday, and then a song by Cargo Cult. Photo: Zsélyi Eszter after our talk, with part of Kungl Zsófi's blog showing in the background.
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