Filologia angielska Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Nowym Targu

06/04/2025

Michael Chad Hoeppner, the author of the book 'Don’t Say Um' gives advice on becoming better at public speaking and explains why you need to treat as a sport. There are drills and exercises any of us can do !

Enunciating, slowing down, being more precise with our words. How about ? A lot of people when they’re speaking in front of a group or a large audience, they might be thinking, okay, “Where am I supposed to look?” Do I just look at the back? Do I look at a random spotlight? Do I look at a group of people? So how do we do eye contact when we’re speaking to a group. And why is it important to even think about eye contact when you’re speaking to a whole bunch of people?

Think about a time you’ve had to speak in front of others — maybe during a work presentation, a wedding toast, or even on a first date. Did you struggle with using too many filler words, such as “um” and “like,” talk too fast, or awkwardly ramble? Most of us try to fix these saboteurs [....

06/04/2025

Have you noticed that face-to-face socializing has declined ?
In the USA, among some groups, like young adults and unmarried men, the drop is close to 40%. That hasn’t, however, led to .
* Instead, we’re seeing a new phenomenon: rising ALONENESS without rising loneliness.
with Derek Thompson will help us understand this trend.puzzling disconnect and its profound implications. Derek recently wrote a piece entitled “The Anti-Social Century.” In the first half of our conversation, Derek unpacks the cultural shifts and technological developments — and no, it’s not just the smartphone — that have created what he calls the “convenience curse.” We then get into why even self-described introverts are often happier when forced to socialize, the concerning trend of young men settling further and further into isolating, sedentary leisure, and practical ways we can strengthen our atrophied social muscles to become better, happier people.

Face-to-face socializing in America has declined by more than 20% nationwide. Among some groups, like young adults and unmarried men, the drop is closer to 40%. But strangely, this hasn’t led to the loneliness epidemic that you hear so much about. Instead, we’re seeing a new phenomenon: rising a...

21/03/2025

Our students from the academic circle Enlab have organised workshops which were a great help before fast-approaching All the participants were able to train their brains whilst practicing e.g. grammar, speaking, or writing skills. Big thank you to our enthusiastic students from Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Nowym Targu and their trusted adviser dr Anna Borkowska.

15/03/2025

! ! THURSDAY the 20th of March ! !
Już w najbliższy czwartek zapraszamy wszystkich zainteresowanych studiami na Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Nowym Targu
W trakcie Dnia Otwartego będzie możliwość, aby dowiedzieć się o studiowaniu nie tylko Filologii angielskiej, ale również innych oferowanych przez nas kierunków

Naszymi wyjątkowymi gośćmi będą Panowie:
** Maciej Myśliwiec; Założyciel Space Agency; Specjalista w zakresie komunikacji z 20-letniem doświadczeniem w pracy z sektorem technologii, kosmosu i nauki.
** Gabriel Marcinów; Ośmiokrotny Mistrz Polski w Trialu.

See you on Thursday !
09:30 w Aula w budynku „Tatry” - inspirujące wykłady, pokazy, gra terenowa oraz warsztaty przygotowane przez nauczycieli akademickich oraz studentów.

10/03/2025

14-15 MARCA Miasto Literatury UNESCO; weekend branżowy
Udział bezpłatny, NIE obowiązują zapisy !

* wykład mecenasa Benedykta Baligi pt. Ochrona praw autorskich – ABC dla tłumaczy, 14 marca w godz. 13.30–18.30 na Wydziale Polonistyki UJ, ul. Gołębia 16, sala 42 (wejście przez bramę nr 18),

* prezentacja Magdaleny Hajduk-Dębowskiej, Wydawnictwo Karakter pt. Współpraca z tłumacz(k)ami – perspektywa wydawnictwa, 15 marca w godz. 10.00–11.30 w Pałacu Potockich, Rynek Główny 20,

* spotkanie z przedstawiciel(k)ami Stowarzyszenia Tłumaczy Literatury pt. Tłumaczenia literackie – hobby czy kariera?, 15 marca w godz. 12.00–14.00 w Pałacu Potockich, Rynek Główny 20,

* warsztaty z dr. Gabrielem Borowskim, tłumaczem literatur portugalsko-języcznych, pt. Jak przygotować dobrą propozycję dla wydawnictwa?, 15 marca w godz. 15.30–16.30 w Pałacu Potockich, Rynek Główny 20.

Centrum Badań Przekładoznawczych przy Wydziale Polonistyki UJ, Stowarzyszenie Tłumaczy Literatury i KBF, operator programu Kraków Miasto Literatury UNESCO, zapraszają na weekend branżowy w ramach programu mentoringowego Translatorium. Wydarzenie obejmuje: – wykład mecenasa Benedykta Bali...

10/03/2025

“What if paranoia, particularly a paranoia of secret, subversive societies, is not just peripheral to the functioning of democracy, but at its very heart?”

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The loom large in American history. George Washington, James Monroe, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock and Paul Revere all counted themselves as members of the fraternal order. But who are they ? The Freemasons can trace their routes to the Middle Ages in Europe when most craftsmen were organized into local guilds. Cathedral builders, by nature of their profession, had to travel from city to city. They identified one another via signs of their trade, like the builder’s square and compass.
Freemasonry is not a religion, though members are encouraged to believe in a Supreme Being, or "Grand Architect of the Universe.” Masonic temples and secret rituals have brought them into conflict with the Catholic Church.

Inspired by the spread of the Enlightenment across Europe, professor A.Weishaupt founded (May 1, 1776).
Chafing at the power of the conservative Catholic Church and the Bavarian monarchy, he sought to cast aside organized religion in favor of “illumination” through reason. He also drew upon ideas expressed by the Jesuits (he was a former member), the Mysteries of the Seven Sages of Memphis, and Freemasons. He recruited heavily from the latter group, infiltrating masonic lodges in his quest to recruit some of the wealthiest and most influential men in Europe.

Colin Dickey on the enduring power of secret societies and conspiracy theories

02/03/2025

What understood clearly was the the world he lived in was undergoing a transition.

🌲 This documentary tells the story of the book "Walden or Life in the Woods" (1854) and its author, Henry David Thoreau, shedding light on the unique life of the American philosopher and the significance of his work.

Learn more about Walden, who remains a timeless source of inspiration for people who want to live in simplicity and harmony with nature.

Watch here ➡️ https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/102302-000-A/walden-life-in-the-woods/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=en

📅 Available until 14/03/2025

19/02/2025

This FRIDAY !!

St. I. Witkiewicz PRAGMATYŚCI - Trap Door Theatre Życie „to opowieść / opowiedziana przez idiotę, pełna dźwięku i wściekłości, / nieznacząca nic.” Ale co z śmiercią? W scenerii będącej jednocześnie komnatą tortur, komnatą serca i komnatą dla wirtuozowskiego recitalu, dwaj byl...

04/02/2025

Valentine's Day is a good day to give & receive gifts, have a laugh but also to spend some
A good conversation should not be underrated !!
Check out some of the questions to spark up conversation.
* You can leave a with your own QUESTIONS to get to know your partner or your date.

02/02/2025

With an increase in literacy rates and a growing emphasis on the importance of family, by the mid Victorian era the concept of the children’s corner in newspapers was born.
For families to have a happy home, and to live out the dream of domesticity, their children needed to be well-behaved, and instructed in the morals of the day. By the 1880s, many newspapers had established their own children’s corners. And although entertaining, many of them advocated a strict moral code, and to facilitate this kind of moral instruction, they established their own societies for children to join, just as long as they obeyed the rules set out to them.

Attached to the Newcastle Daily Chronicle’s children’s corner was the ‘Dicky Bird Society.’ The children’s corner of 18 May 1880 tells of how, remarkably, membership of this society numbered ‘upwards of 43,000 members.’ The aim of the conductor of this children’s corner, ‘Uncle Toby,’ was to ‘inculcate in youthful minds habits and principles of kindness and humanity.’ To this end, new members of the Dicky Bird Society ‘were required to make a simple pledge that they will do their utmost to protect from ill-usage all living creatures.
The Cotton Factory Times, aimed at the workers of Lancashire, had its own children’s corner. On 16 February 1894 it contained the story of and his cat, as told by ‘Grandad Grey.’ In it, Simon and Dick face the violence of a cook working for a Mr. Fitzwarren, and again, the value of being kind to animals is exalted, in perhaps the most extreme of instances here:

‘It’s perhaps a magic cat,’ said Simon; ‘one o’ them fairy cats what works miracles. But we’ll have to look after it well, Dick. I saw the cook chuck a pan at it the other day, an’ she only just missed it.’
‘Did she?’ cried Dick in a rage. ‘She’d better not hurt my cat. I think I should kill her if she killed poor ‘Luck,’ and he picked the cat up and nursed it.
https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/04/29/birth-of-the-childrens-corner-in-victorian-newspapers/

02/02/2025

"I got talked into entering college as a science major because of the potentially better job prospects."
"I regret not studying more and taking my major seriously."
College is a great time to explore your interests & discover WHO YOU ARE ! From one exam session to another, semester after semester the time goes by. Before you know it, you are in your last year and you might have some regrets.
In 2007, M.Zeelenberg and R.Pieters published a theory of regret regulation. Regret, they wrote, is choice-based: “Regret is a comparison-based emotion of self-blame, experienced when people realize or imagine that their present situation would have been better had they decided differently in the past”. They posit that “The more justifiable the decision, the less regret”.
Later in life people have various regrets about their college years:
"I regret the field I went into" So, perhaps we should not choose an easy option or study something just because someone else chooses it ?
"I had no social life, and I regret missing out on what could have been some great friends at the college. I wish I had joined some clubs" So, perhaps we should speak with different people and be open to try some new free-time activities.
Any regrets ?

27/01/2025

King Charles III laid a candle in memory of the Holocaust victims who died at Auschwitz-Birkenau at a moving ceremony attended by world leaders at the site of the death camp.

Holocaust survivor Marian Turski urged the world to think of the victims "who will never tell us what they experienced or they felt" as world leaders gathered.

Charles earlier paid tribute to victims and warned of the "dangerous re-emergence of antisemitism" while on a visit to the Jewish Community Centre in Krakow.

More than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, perished in gas chambers or from starvation, cold and disease at Auschwitz.

Holocaust survivors are marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz