Some of the typical mistakes made by my students and how to avoid them.

Darrell the language therapist

Common English mistakes 01

In many cultures, politeness is about being nice. In Turkish, it’s often about preventing things from going terribly wrong.

In this episode of Mind the Turkish, we explore how Turkish speakers use politeness not just to show respect — but to manage tension, avoid conflict, soften refusals, and navigate socially risky situations. From indirect language and strategic ambiguity to phrases that mean more than they seem, you'll discover how everyday expressions function as tools of social survival.

Mind the Turkish

Turkish Politeness As Social Bomb Defusal

お散歩

私は旦那（だんな）と隅田川（すみだがわ）沿い（ぞ　い）をよく散歩をする。だいたいいつも浅草（あさくさ）方面へ向かって歩く。川沿いは風が心地（ここち）よく、人もそれほど多くないので歩きやすい。昼間（ひるま）に歩くのも良いが、夕食後に歩くのも風情（ふぜい）がある。夜の川沿いは屋形船（やかたぶね）の提灯（ちょうちん）や橋の照明、街の明かり、東京スカイツリーのライトアップなどがとても綺麗（きれい）に見える。私のおすすめ散歩コースだ。

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お散歩

みなさんは、キャンプにいったことがありますか？

かいわのためのポッドキャスト-Japanese for conversation-

キャンプ場の選び方（きゃんぷじょうのえらびかた）


The Little Prince meets a man who counts stars all day—but never enjoys them. 🌟

Listen in Farsi and learn words about work, greed, and what truly matters in life. ✨


Once Upon a Time

شازده کوچولو، فصل سیزدهم

Podcast  by American English tutor Carl. Improve your spoken English and book a lesson with me: https://teach.italki.com/teacher/1947582
Episode 13 (R.I.P phone) Filming in Israel
Welcome back to Streetwise English Podcast. I'm your host, Carl. Since we're on the topic of cell phones, I want to tell you another story about my favorite cell phone in the world, which is a Sony cell phone from Japan. Was a Sony cell phone from Japan. And I was taking a video of a tourist group in Tel Aviv, Israel.


So I'm an American guy, and I was with a group of Chinese tourists and I was hired to film these tourists on their trip in Israel.


It was our first day at the beach. I think it might have been our very first day in Israel. I think we arrived early in the morning at the airport. So I filmed people picking up their luggage and then we were cruising around at the beach, maybe we visited a store. I think there was a guy who played a trumpet that was kind of like made out of a bullhorn or something, a traditional horn, an old man with a beard and a, um, a hat, like the traditional Jewish people wear there in Tel Aviv.


And anyways, we were down at the beach, and this was the first time I'd seen the beach in Tel Aviv. And let me tell you, it looked like Santa Monica, California. There were people roller skating. There were people , girls in bikinis. There were surfers out in the water. People surfing in Tel Aviv. I had no idea. This is not the picture I had in my mind when thinking of Israel or Tel Aviv.


So my cell phone that I mentioned earlier that I just loved was a Sony cell phone and it was waterproof. The phone was waterproof. You could dump it in the water in a swimming pool and it would continue shooting. And I had actually filmed with it before in Spain underwater in the ocean and filmed fish swimming and everything and no problem.
So this trip though, I was in Tel Aviv  (text count limit)









Streetwise English

 SWE 14 (R.I.P. phone) Filming in Israel 

In this podcast, you will learn the 5 signs that you have  a GOOD EQ . This is taken by the book of Daniel Goleman.
Emotional Intelligence is extremely important in life. A high EQ allows us to have better relationship with others and even a higher chance to succeed. Know thyself is the perfect phrase to motivate you to do self analysis. Do you have enough EQ? How can you improve it?

KRISTEL TALKS

What are the signs that you have EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE? 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H93h1dDLFEl5L9eDdDjoBXSZpjTgonyH/view?usp=drivesdk

The quality of the transcript has been updated.