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The question of identity, or "For the People" by Ty Defoe & Larissa Fasthorse #letstalkbooks
13:27
The faces of oppression, or "Agnes Grey" by Anne Brontë #letstalkbooks
12:33
Don't get back in the box, or "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver #letstalkbooks
28:41
What I learnt in grad school: Education in the U.S.
10:07
Our pursuit of convenience, or "Telephone" by Percival Everett #letstalkbooks
14:27
Technology in our lives, or "Alone Together" by Sherry Turkle #letstalkbooks
02:55
Intro to new format of book reviews (UPDATE)
14:05
Pardon my French challenge (2): mise à jour de ma vie (vidéo en français/video in French)
18:13
Pardon my French challenge (1): minimalisme (vidéo en français/video in French)
02:52
Pardon my French challenge: un nouveau challenge (vidéo en français/video in French)
19:55
AVANT Pardon my French challenge: Cold Winter Challenge - BILAN 2021/2022 (en français)
12:17
A quick update (June 2023): grad school and beyond!
24:30
Our favorite baby books for 9-month-olds: English, Polish, French, and a bonus Chinese one!
14:32
12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: Summary
18:45
Books I read in Canada: Canadiana and beyond!
40:26
How to study with a baby - 10 tips (and some tricks, too!)
19:26
Books I read in May 2022: Arthur Miller, Andrew Sean Greer and... TOM WOLFE!
13:30
12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: NOVEMBER - Walt Whitman
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12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: DECEMBER - Alfred de Musset
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12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: OCTOBER - Dylan Thomas
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12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: SEPTEMBER - Sergey Yesenin
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12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: AUGUST - Paul Verlaine
17:16
Songs that taught me French - my TOP 10 #comédiesmusicales #roiartur #roisoleil #gims #soprano
14:39
12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: JULY - T. S. Eliot
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12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: JUNE - Elizabeth Bishop
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12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: MAY - Alexander Blok (back to Russia!)
20:49
Taking (and passing) the HSK 4 - my IMPERFECT preparations #chinese #dontgiveup
14:46
My less-waste ideas - things that worked out & my biggest failures
13:59
12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: APRIL - Philip Larkin
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12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: MARCH - Emily Dickinson
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If you think about giving up on reading your foreign language book - watch this and KEEP ON READING!
25:16
Books about American history 🇺🇸 Politicians, presidents and wars: Franklin, Washington, Jackson...
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Books I read in March 2021: Part 2 (Holding up the universe, Bee season, Maud's line...)
27:31
Books I read in March 2021: Part 1 (Middle England, Random Family, Milkman...)
27:29
Cold Winter Challenge 2020/21 bilan, or TOP & FLOP of what I read during winter (2)
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Cold Winter Challenge 2020/21 bilan, or TOP & FLOP of what I read during winter (1)
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12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: FEBRUARY - Guillaume Apollinaire
18:31
BOOK HAUL January 2021 - books for the poetry challenge, and more!
20:56
Booktube Newbie TAG - all about me & books!
34:38
12 poets in 2021 reading challenge: JANUARY - Vladimir Mayakovsky (Владимир Маяковский)
29:48
DIY projects during lockdown... or how I started crocheting, making macrame plant hangers and soap!
38:17
Reading books in foreign languages: TYPES of books & what to START with
12:13
How is learning Chinese different from learning other foreign languages?
15:11
How I fell in love with poetry... and how you can do it, too!
14:51
Learning more than one foreign language at a time...or how I used Hindi words while speaking Chinese
18:49
My English language-learning journey - how I learnt and feel in love with English!
26:56
The 12 poets in 2021 reading challenge - MY LIST of poets for 2021
06:36
The 12 poets in 2021 reading challenge RULES & INTRODUCTION
28:12
My Russian language-learning journey #lovingRussian #mybestteacherever
10:11
Theatre at home - theatre plays and musicals available online! ENGLISH & FRENCH speakers
24:52
HOW TO BRING BACK THE CHRISTMAS MAGIC - what to do if you think Christmas is magical only for kids!
17:36
My 20-week HSK 4 study plan - downloadable & customizable #HSK4standardcourse #Chinese
17:22
Reading books in foreign languages - if you're not doing it yet, you should start immediately! :)
27:49
My French language-learning journey #learningFrench #Frenchisawesome #jadore
28:25
Ma PAL pour Cold Winter Challenge 2020 #English #coldwinterchallenge #CWC2020
07:29
My personal library (2) - books on my bookshelves! #mylibrary
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My everyday CHINESE HSK4 study session #25minutes #studywithme #Pomodoro
19:45
My 5 language learning mistakes - please don't make them yourself :D #languagelearningmistakes
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Who am I? Doctor, mathematician-in-the-making, bookworm, language freak, theatre & piano fan...
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My personal library - an introduction #books_on_my_bookshelf