My podcast is an environment to help younger and older students understand basic modes of English language learning and to also provide a space for individuals to understand the language better

Teacher Koko

في هذه الحكاية…
لن نتحدث عن إنسان،
بل عن شجرة.

شجرةٌ لا تمشي،
لكنها تعرف الطريق.
لا تتكلم،
لكنها تحفظ القصص.

إنها شجرة الزيتون.

في بلاد الشام،
لا تُزرع شجرة الزيتون بسرعة.
تُزرع بصبر.

يغرسها الفلاح وهو يعلم
أنه قد لا يجلس تحت ظلّها،
لكن أبناءه… سيفعلون.

جذورها عميقة في الأرض،
كأنها تمسك بها حتى لا ترحل.
وأغصانها تمتد ببطء نحو السماء،
هادئة… ثابتة… لا تستعجل.

تمرّ السنوات،
وتتغيّر الوجوه،
لكن شجرة الزيتون تبقى.

في الصباح الباكر،
تخرج العائلة إلى الحقل.
الجدّ،
والأب،
والأطفال.

تُفرش الأقمشة تحت الشجرة،
وتبدأ الأيدي الصغيرة والكبيرة
في قطف الثمار.

ضحكات،
أحاديث بسيطة،
وأغانٍ قديمة
تعرفها الشجرة جيدًا.

زيت الزيتون ليس طعامًا فقط.
هو ضوء في البيوت،
وشفاء،
وبركة.

في كل قطرة زيت،
هناك شمس،
وأرض،
وصبر طويل.

ولهذا،
عندما يُسأل أهل الشام عن الزيتون،
لا يجيبون بالكلمات،
بل بالذاكرة.

يقولون:
هذه الشجرة رأت من قبلنا،
وسترى بعدنا.

شجرة الزيتون لا تموت بسهولة.
قد تُهمل،
قد تُجرح،
لكنها تعود.

لأنها تعلّمت من الأرض
كيف تبقى.

Stories for the Levant - قصص من بِلَادِ الشَام

(حكاية شجرة الزيتون (من الجذور… إلى الذاكرة \ The story of the olive tree (from its roots… to memory)

На календаре ноябрь, а за окном снег. С уверенностью можно сказать, что зима уже наступила. Не знаю, нравятся ли мне эти холодные серые зимние дни...

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Зима всегда превращается в весну

Sweden has launched a new law that allows grandparents to get paid parental leave while taking care of their grandchildren for up to three months of a child's first year.



English Vibes

Sweden Pays Grandparents to Care for Grandkids

How to repeat or translate something from another person—or another language—into English.

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Quoted Speech

Learn to conjugate and to use one of the most important verbs in the French language, the verb "avoir" (to have).


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Episode 5: Avoir (to have)

I'm talking about a type of weather I like while using five senses technique and conditionals.

While recording myself, I've noticed that I pronounce ''a tent" like "a tend" or it was just 'atentand', funny.

So, stay tuned and have a good day.

Coffee Break Essay

A type of weather

わたしが子どもの時に見ていた番組についてお話ししました😊

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[EP096] 子どもの時に見ていた番組 | TV Shows from My Childhood

Listen to this interesting article!

University Students Interested in Stress-Reducing Cats
While a number of universities offer students opportunities to play with dogs as a way to reduce stress, little is known about whether cats could help in the same way.

So researchers from the US and Belgium surveyed more than 1,400 students and staff from 19 Belgian universities to see how interested they would be in on-campus cat visiting programs.

Participants were asked seven questions about a possible cat program, including whether they would like to have a cat on campus, if they would find it relaxing, whether they would visit the cat, and whether they would recommend a cat program to other universities. They gave each idea a score out of five.

The average total score was 3.8 in favor of a campus cat.

The researchers found that the people with the most positive feelings about a cat program were women, cat owners, people who were more emotional, and — perhaps surprisingly — people who were interested in dog programs.

The study authors said that previous research has shown that emotional people are more likely to have strong relationships with animals.

However, dog owners, as well as people who were afraid of or allergic to cats, were found to be less interested in a cat program. Some also worried that having a cat on campus would be risky.

According to the researchers, the aim of the study was to find more ways to help people feel less stressed.

They believe cats can help, since including both cats and dogs in these stress-reducing programs could encourage more people to take part, and cats would need less training than dogs to help.