Hi everyone! Christmas is getting closer and closer! I'm having a hard time choosing all the gifts I have to give this year. In this episode, I introduce Japanese Christmas again but in N4-N3 Japanese!

たつきのにほんご

日本のクリスマス (intermediate)

So crispy and scrumptious, they just melt in your mouth :P Read my super simple recipe. 

Transcript (read and study): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TK8q-aqmYPFNJ3y5kpj046mzqzuZsPr3/view?usp=sharing

Schedule a class with me here: https://teach.italki.com/teacher/12103910

Lisa's Podcast

National Fritters Day + Recipe

Vocabulaire de l'école et anecdote sur l'école, vidéo ci-dessous: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQp6ToEV4j0


French Stories For All

Rentrée Scolaire 

How Important Is Self-Discipline In One's Journey Of Improving Their Language Enhancement?

Self-Motivation: While external motivation, such as teachers or language partners, can be helpful, self-discipline is the internal motivation that keeps the student going even when external support is not available.

Independence in Learning: Self-disciplined students can take charge of their own learning. They seek out resources, practice consistently, and actively engage in learning activities without constant supervision.

Language Immersion: Immersing oneself in the English language is an effective way to improve language skills. Self-discipline allows students to seek out English media, books, and conversations, enhancing their language exposure.

Consolidating Learning: Repetition and reinforcement are essential for language acquisition. Self-disciplined students review and practice regularly, which helps consolidate what they have learned.

Adaptability: Self-disciplined students can adapt their learning methods and approaches to suit their preferences and needs. They are open to trying new techniques and finding what works best for them.

Long-Term Commitment: Learning a language is a long-term endeavor. Self-discipline ensures that the student remains committed and dedicated to their language learning goals over an extended period.

Confidence and Empowerment: Self-discipline leads to achievements and progress, which, in turn, boosts the student's confidence and sense of empowerment in their language abilities.

Let me know how useful it was and if you can resonate with shared ideas.

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The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Self-Discipline and the importance of it 

Let's be Super Learners!  
Strength - whether physical and inner is always an advantage that would propel us to greater heights. 
Let us talk about the word Strong and discuss our sentence variations. 

Joy to Our World

I am strong! 

Olá, tudo bem? Já assistiu aos episódios anteriores? Neste eu vou continuar a série de episódios apresentando a literatura brasileira para você.
Segue o link para você poder baixar o documento com a transcrição deste episódio, se desejar, para conferir a escrita correta das palavras, além de treinar a pronúncia:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ArhYg_kB9lhWNlUKP43u0pT6ItbCG3Qy/view?usp=sharing
Aproveite e vamos aprender português!


Aprenda português

Episódio 5 - A literatura brasileira - 2ª parte

In questo podcast parlo su come si deve ricominciare ad avere nuove tradizioni quando ti trasferisci in un altro paese, le differenze tra fare i picnic in Italia e in Colombia; come puoi ricominciare ad avere delle nuove tradizioni combinando le tradizioni del tuo paese e quelle del nuovo paese. A livello grammaticale uso dei verbi modo indicativo: presente, passato prossimo, imperfetto. Vocabolario: tempo libero.

Vivendo tra due lingue

Ricominciare lontano da casa

lesson on italki 
https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/9451959/japanese

https://linktr.ee/atsushi_japanese

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。


みなさんはどんなスポーツが好きですか？
見る方が好きですか？
する方が好きですか？

今日は日本のスポーツについて少し話します。
今でこそ、いろんなスポーツのプロリーグがあります。
テレビだけではなく、今ならDAZNなど、いろんなサービスで好きなスポーツを見ることができます。

僕はバスケットボールが好きなので、日本のプロリーグB leagueや NBAの試合結果やハイライトが気軽に見れるのはとても嬉しいです。

昔は、ほぼ野球一択でした。野球しか見るものがなかったし、ほとんどの人が野球が好きでした。その後はサッカーですかね。

当時、テレビではスポーツといえば野球！というぐらい、野球しか放送していなかったです。ぼくは野球はするのは好きでしたけど、見るのはあんまり好きじゃなかったです。バスケットボールやサッカーのように攻守の切り替えが早いスポーツが好きです。

でも同年代や年上の人たちはみんな野球の話が好きだったので、そういう空気、雰囲気があんまり好きではなかったですね。あわせないといけない感じがしていて、窮屈きゅうくつな感じがしていました。今は、会社から独立して、大きなグループには属していないので、そういった集団の好みにあわせる、よせる必要がなくなったのは、とても楽になりました。

これはコロナの副産物ですが、個人的には、好きではない人に会う機会が減ったのは良いことだと思います。ストレス少なく生活できますからね。

ということで、ひと昔前の日本の少し偏ったスポーツに関する好み？について話しました。日本人がみんな野球を好きなわけではないですよ！少なくともぼくはそうではないです。

以前アメリカの方と話していた時に、アメリカの4大スポーツを見ていない、興味がない、という話を聞きました。その時に、自分も日本で同じように野球見ないなと思ったので、この話をしました。


みなさんの国ではどうですか？
ぜひそんな話もしましょう！
ということで、今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！ではまた！

Atsushi のJapanese podcast (travel/news /文法・漢字・語彙/Osaka/Hokkaido/🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇲🇪🇸🇵🇹)

#199 日本の見るスポーツについて

我就这样孤独地生活着，没有一个能真正谈得来的人，一直到六年前在撒哈拉沙漠上发生了那次故障。
So I lived my life alone, without anyone that I could really talk to, until I hadan accident with my plane in the Desert of Sahara, six years ago.
我的发动机里有个东西损坏了。
Something was broken in my engine.


当时由于我既没有带机械师也没有带旅客，我就试图独自完成这个困难的维修工作。
And as I had with me neither a mechanic nor any passengers, I set myself to attempt the difficult repairs all alone.
这对我来说是个生与死的问题。我随身带的水只够饮用一星期。
It was a question of life or death for me: I had scarcely enough drinking water to last a week.


第一天晚上我就睡在这远离人间烟火的大沙漠上。
The first night, then, I went to sleep on the sand, a thousand miles from any human habitation.
我比大海中伏在小木排上的遇难者还要孤独得多。
I was more isolated than a shipwrecked sailor on a raft in the middle of the ocean.
而在第二天拂晓，当一个奇怪的小声音叫醒我的时候，你们可以想见我当时是多么吃惊。
Thus you can imagine my amazement, at sunrise,when I was awakened by an odd little voice.

这小小的声音说道：“请你给我画一只羊，好吗？”
It said:"If you please– draw me a sheep!”
啊！
What!

给我画一只羊…
Draw me a sheep!
我像是受到惊雷轰击一般，一下子就站立起来。
I jumped to my feet, completely thunderstruck. I blinked my eyes hard.

我使劲地揉了揉眼睛，仔细地看了看。
I looked carefully all around me.
我看见一个十分奇怪的小家伙严肃地朝我凝眸望着。
And I saw a most extraordinary small person,who stood there examining me with great seriousness.

这是后来我给他画出来的最好的一副画像。
Here you may see the best portrait that, later, I was able to make of him.
可是，我的画当然要比他本人的模样逊色得多。
But my drawing is certainly very much less charming than its model.
这不是我的过错。
That, however, is not my fault.
六岁时，大人们使我对我的画家生涯失去了勇气，
The grown-ups discouraged me in my painter’s career when I was six years old, 
除了画过开着肚皮和闭着肚皮的蟒蛇，后来再没有学过画。
and I never learned to draw anything, except boas from the outside and boas from the inside.


我惊奇地睁大着眼睛看着这突然出现的小家伙。
Now I stared at this sudden apparition with my eyes fairly starting out of my head in astonishment.