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🎧 にほんごトークルーム #1｜自己紹介＋「言いたいことが言えない…」という悩み

こんにちは、日本語教師の Nico です！

この番組「にほんごトークルーム」では、レッスンでのちょっとした出来事や、生徒さんとのやりとり、日本語に関する「へぇ〜！」な話を、カフェでおしゃべりするような雰囲気でお届けします☕️

🎙 第1回のトピック：
・簡単な自己紹介
・「文法はわかるのに言いたいことが言えない…」という生徒さんの悩み
・その悩みにどう向き合えばいいか？ちょっとしたアドバイスも


にほんごトークルーム

#1 はじめまして!!

1 拼合练习 Spell and read
 
è ài yá běn nào lóu yǔ mài
chà zhuā gēn kěn hái hòu jǔ nǚ
fàn hàn shī xī rì lì zuó huó
bǎn bāng pín pīng kàng kuàng quē qún
 
2 熟读四声 Practice tones
 
lāo láo lǎo lào
shī shí shǐ shì           lǎoshī (teacher)
zāo záo zǎo zào
shāng shǎng shàng               zǎoshang (morning, early morning)
xiē xié xiě xiè                xièxie (thank you)
bū bú bǔ bù
kē ké kě kè
qī qí qǐ qì             bú kèqì (you’re welcome)
duī duì duìbuqǐ (sorry)
méi měi mèi
guān guǎn guàn
xī   xí   xǐ   xì        méi guānxì (it doesn’t matter)
 
3 三声变调 Practice third tone sandhi
 
nǐ hǎo     hěn hǎo     xiǎojiě     shuǐguǒ
xiǎoyǔ    shǒubiǎo    yě hǎo    suǒyǐ
 
4 “不”的变调 Practice tone sandhi of “不”
 
bù chī    bù lái     bù xiě     bú kàn
bù chī    bù hē    bù tīng    bú kàn    bú jiào     bù lái     bú wèn     bù shuō
 
5 辨音辨调 Read and distinguish
 
huán — hán  ròu — ruò  rì — rè  zhè — shè
lǜ — lù  bà — pà  bí — pí  hù — fù
zhí — zhǐ  xiā — xiá  zhē — zhè  yí — yǐ
zhōng — zhǒng  dǔ — dù  qí — qì  wú — wǔ
qián — jiāng  jiě — xuè  niú — liù  nǐ — nín
yǔ — xì  dà — tā  máng — mín  shàng — xià

6 熟读音节 Read and repeat
 
qù chī hē jiào zuò kāi shì yǒu
shuōhuà   shuìjiào    gōngzuò    xià yǔ
dǎ diànhuà     mǎi dōngxi      zuò zuòyè     qù jiàoshì
yì běn shū     yí kuài qián      bú huì lái      bù hē shuǐ

Chinese for Beginners Channel

【7】Spell and read，拼合练习 

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In this video, I also introduce other anime and manga exhibitions happening in 2025!
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ANIME ・MANGA TALK | アニメ・マンガトーク | Japanese listening practice N4-N3

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Learn how to talk about the weather in Korean!
We’ll practice simple and useful expressions like “It’s hot” (더워요), “It’s cold” (추워요), and “It’s raining” (비 와요). Perfect for daily conversations!

Easy Korean for Beginners

Episode 6: Talking About the Weather

This guided practice episode helps you train the e schwa, the most common weak vowel sound in English. You’ll practice how it appears at the end, in the middle, and at the beginning of words, focusing on relaxation, rhythm, and smooth transitions rather than clear vowel shapes. We start with the most reliable endings such as er, en, and el, then move on to common middle schwa patterns, and finish with unstressed e at the start of words, where pronunciation can vary depending on speed and accent. This episode is designed to help you reduce effort, improve flow, and sound more natural in connected speech.

Transcript: 

-er (uhr): teacher, driver, player, worker, baker, manager, leader, owner, member, partner, computer, number, paper, summer, letter
-en (uhn): open, broken, written, taken, given, garden,  listen, happen, children, often, golden, sudden, heaven, seven
-el (uhl): travel, model, level, label, novel, cancel, vowel, tunnel, panel, angel 

Middle e schwa: different, camera, general, interest, average, moment, student, patient, parent, president, independent, permanent 

Initial e schwa: effect, event, enough, explain, exit, exist, elect, emerge, enable, engage, economy, election


British Pronunciation Tips 

British Vowel Sound Masterclass: Lesson 9: The E Schwa - Practice 

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