The game of Scrabble is very popular around the world. Here it is shown being played in the English language.

The game of Scrabble is very popular around the world. Here it is shown being played in the English language. | foto: Profimedia.cz

Introducing Kal’s Korner

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Dobry den. Welcome to Kal’s Korner, the Czech Republic’s most popular daily column designed to teach communications, and to help foster better understandings of issues - all entirely in the English language.

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Kal’s Korner appears each day in iDNES, and it's really here just for you!

The Purpose of Kal’s Korner
While Kal’s Korner is written in English, this does not mean that we are going to learn what might be called “typical English.” This is the kind of stuff that everyone has pretty much already been exposed to, or could certainly learn somewhere else.

Instead, Kal’s Korner is about COMMUNICATIONS and COMMUNICATING.

I am deliberately spelling this word here with all caps, because the “mission” of communications must never be taken lightly.

If you think about it, human beings are the only life forms which not only have freedom of choice, but we have infinite ways to communicate.

Through technologies such as the Internet and mass transit, more and more people are today becoming “global citizens,” and they travel extensively. The future is indeed international, not just national.

At Kal’s Korner, yes, you are certainly going to learn English. Most importantly, however, you’re going to learn a lot of other things.

We’re going to interact with one another, we’re going to get to know each other, and this is not marketing hype.

Instead, it is a promise and it is our genuine commitment to you.

Our Promise: A Partnership
By making a point to engage each other and communicate, we all learn and grow together.

Whenever this happens, this automatically means that everybody “wins,” and that people will become “the better” for trying to cooperate and achieve genuine understanding.

In today’s world, the technology and number of ways that people can communicate are truly infinite.

There is no reason NOT to genuinely understand each other, and turn such experiences into positive growth.

Jokes of the Day

1. Q: WHY is it so hard for a woman to find a man who is kind, loving, caring, and sensitive?
A: Because those kind of men already have boyfriends.
2. Q: What did God say after he created the first man?
A: “Just wait, I can do better than this.”
3. Q: What’s the BEST way to get any man to actually do something for a woman?
A: Suggest that they are too old to do it.
4. Q: Did you hear about the cowboy who couldn’t catch any fish?
A: His gun jammed.
5. Q: Did you hear about the moron who sold his car for some gas money?
6. Q: Did you hear about the blonde woman who tried to kill her pet parrot by throwing it out the window of her panelak?


Key Article Words in English

foster = podporovat
all caps = všechno velká písmena
must never be taken lightly = nesmí být brán na lehkou váhu
infinite ways = nekonečné cesty
marketing hype = bombastická / vtíravá reklama
engage = zabývat, angažovat, věnovat se
kind =milý
loving = milující
caring = starostlivý
best way = nejlepší způsob
jammed= zaseknutý
moron = blbec
gas money = peníze na benzin
parrot = papoušek


Kalovi můžete psát na adresu
kal.korff@expresdenik.cz


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