We will learn about some Egyptian vocabulary, common Egyptian words, 
 questions in the first meeting, and to introduce yourself.
I present some help, if you are interested you book lessons with me.

The most common Egyptian expressions

we practice reading and listening through stories. First, you listen slowly, then read yourself. Next, we explain vocabulary, finally, you listen at natural speed. Stories make learning more engaging.

Learning MAS through stories.

Here we will talk about the modern standard Arabic .... vocabulary, words, some questions and answers, and common expressions.
If you are interested you can book lessons with me for more learning.

The modern standard Arabic

Este mito es popular en la región Amazónica de Colombiana y los Llanos Orientales. También, es conocido con otros nombres fuera de Colombia.

Tiene como protagonista a un ser denominado Madremonte o Madreselva, cuyo origen podría estar basado en las antiguas divinidades indígenas encargadas de preservar la naturaleza.

Colombian Legends

La Madre monte - Region Amazonica Colombiana

En esta lección no aprendemos gramática nueva, pero practicamos las cosas más importantes de las tres primeras clases. -Verbos regulares -Preposiciones -Preguntas -Vocabulario básico. Escucha y repite las siguientes frases. Escribe en un papel las frases ¿Comprendes todo? ¿Quieres la transcripción? ¡Contacta conmigo! :)

A1.1. Español básico para principantes. 

Clase 4. Frases simples 2.

Extensive reading can definetely help us gain vocabulary and new expressions. Besides, it is leisure-time activity that most of us enjoy. So, in this episode, I'll recommend three books written by female Latin American authors (commemorating 8M) so that you start reading now!

Your Spanish Journey

Reading books to learn Spanish

tre notizie semi serie e una polemica tutta italiana!

la Rubrica di Simona

La prima settimana del 2024

“My English Is Poor” - Reframing Your Reality: Part 3 (Episode 366)

This episode focuses on reframing – a potent technique that shifts your perspective and transforms your experience.

The core idea behind reframing is that it enables you to detach from outdated, limiting views, allowing you to adopt a new and more empowering perception.

Once you reframe, you can make new empowering choices, develop deeper self-appreciation, and perhaps even witness your English improving dramatically!

While it may feel like magic, these techniques have been helping people for decades. The methodology I share in this podcast will help you too, if you embrace it, and apply it.

I look forward to hearing about your progress, and how I can support your continued growth!

To your success, Anatoly

The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

“My English Is Poor” - Reframing Your Reality: Part 3 (Episode 397)

One of Coca-Cola's many taglines was: "You can't beat the real thing." The company was trying to say that even though there were a lot of similar drinks, none of them was as good as the "real" Coke.

You might not agree. But when it comes to art, researchers in the Netherlands think it's true — you can't beat the real thing.

A small study has found that real artworks stimulate the brain much more than posters or prints of the same work.

The Mauritshuis ("MAO-rits-haus") Museum in The Hague commissioned the study. The museum's best-known artwork is Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer.

Researchers showed this artwork and four others to 20 people. While they were looking at the paintings, their brain activity was measured using a brain scanner.

The participants were also asked to look at posters of those same five artworks. The researchers compared their brain activity when looking at the real artworks and when looking at the posters.

They found that when looking at the real artworks, participants had an emotional response that was 10 times stronger compared to when they were looking at the posters.

Martine Gosselink from the museum said this was an "enormous difference." She said they had thought that looking at the real thing might give people a richer experience, but now "we can really say that it is true."

The researchers said the real art caused a strong emotional response in a part of the brain called the precuneus. This part of the brain is involved with self-reflection and personal memories.

Some have said that this research demonstrates the importance of museums and galleries for people of all ages.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Study: Real Art Stimulates Brain More than Posters

Fewer young people in the US are vaping this year than at any point in the last decade, government officials have reported.

The latest survey numbers show the teen vaping rate fell to under 6% this year, down from 7.7% in 2023. More than 1.6 million students aged between 11 and 18 reported vaping in the previous month — about one-third the number in 2019, when underage vaping peaked.

Brian King from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the decline was good news but added: "There's clearly more work to do to further reduce youth use."

It is illegal for a retailer to sell any tobacco product to anyone aged under 21.

King and other officials noted that the drop in vaping hasn't led to an increase in the use of other tobacco industry products, such as nicotine pouches.

Sales of small, flavored pouches like Zyn have increased among adults. The pouches come in flavors like mint and cinnamon and slowly release nicotine when placed behind the lips. This year's US survey shows 1.8% of teens are using them, which is about the same percentage as last year.

The survey involved more than 29,000 students, who completed an online questionnaire in the spring.

Officials from the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attributed the big drop in vaping to recent age restrictions and more aggressive enforcement against retailers and manufacturers, including Chinese vaping companies who have sold their e-cigarettes illegally in the US for years.

Use of the most popular e-cigarette among teens, Elf Bar, fell 36% in the wake of FDA warning letters to stores and distributors selling the brightly colored vapes, which come in flavors like watermelon ice and peach mango.

Nearly 90% of the students who vape used flavored products, with fruit flavors the most popular.

In 2020, FDA regulators banned fruit and candy flavors from reusable e-cigarettes like Juul. 