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Increasing mental capacity

What if ancient wisdom could make your language learning calmer, stronger, and more sustainable?

In Episode 95 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, we explore how Stoic philosophy can guide you through grammar, speaking, writing, listening, and more. With Stoicism, you stop fearing mistakes, accept challenges as training, and focus only on what is in your control—the effort itself.

Which Stoic principle do you need most in your language learning?

Discipline with grammar rules?

Courage to speak despite mistakes?

Acceptance when listening feels difficult?

Clarity of thought through writing?

Episode 95 shows how Stoicism can enrich both language learning and life. Grammar becomes training in discipline, pronunciation becomes freedom from others’ judgments, reading becomes practice in accepting difficulty, speaking becomes an act of courage, writing becomes a path to clarity, and listening becomes an exercise in equanimity. Stoic philosophy reminds us that obstacles are not barriers but the very path itself. By learning with calm determination and focusing on what you can control, you gain not only fluency but also resilience, patience, and wisdom.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 95 - How Stoicism can help you learn a language

Today's vocabulary words are the noun subsidy and the verb to subsidise.

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Don't worry, someone else will pay for it!

Some students pass exams but struggle to speak naturally. In this episode, we break down different English approaches so you can choose what fits your goals.

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How to Improve Your English Faster (Choose the Right Approach)

What are your thoughts before an exam?

How do you prepare yourself before the test?

What should you tell yourself before taking the test?

What should the state of mind be like before taking the test?

I'll do deeper into these questions and the suggestion is to listen with your heart and to see what it feels like when listening to my voice.

Enjoy it and see you in my classes!

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS SPEAKING - The state of mind

Estamos muy cerca de acabar el año, y muchas personas ya están pensando en sus propósitos para el nuevo año. Por eso he pensado que hoy es un buen día para hablar de propósitos y mencionar los más comunes en estas fechas entre los españoles. 

Espero que disfrutes el episodio. Después de escucharlo no te olvides de dejar una valoración ni de pasarte por mi Instagram para decirme qué te ha parecido y si tú eres de las personas que tienen propósitos cada año nuevo, y si coinciden con los que he mencionado en el episodio.


Blanca to go 

120 – Los propósitos de año nuevo 

In this episode we are going to learn 【Afternoon tea】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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你有喝下午茶的习惯吗？
nǐ yǒu hē xià wǔ chá de xí guàn ma ？
Do you have the habit of having afternoon tea?
有时候我会点下午茶的外卖。
yǒu shí hòu wǒ huì diǎn xià wǔ chá de wài mài 。
Sometimes I order food delivery for afternoon tea.
我最喜欢的是奶茶、柠檬茶和炸鸡。
wǒ zuì xǐ huān de shì nǎi chá 、 níng méng chá hé zhá jī 。
My favorites are milk tea, lemon tea and fried chicken.
很多年轻人都喜欢喝奶茶。
hěn duō nián qīng rén dōu xǐ huān hē nǎi chá 。
Many young people like to drink milk tea.
下午上班很累的时候，喝一杯奶茶会很快乐。
xià wǔ shàng bān hěn lèi de shí hòu ， hē yì bēi nǎi chá huì hěn kuài lè 。
When you are tired from work in the afternoon, drinking a cup of milk tea will make you happy.
不过奶茶有很多糖，喝多了会变胖哦。
bú guò nǎi chá yǒu hěn duō táng ， hē duō le huì biàn pàng o 。
But milk tea has a lot of sugar, and drinking too much will make you fat.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

下午茶 Afternoon tea （Beginner）

In this English language podcast we talk about ping pong.
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SWE22 I Love Ping Pong!

Beginner Chinese Listening：冬天去哪玩儿？  Winter travel, where to go?