This is an introduction to what this podcast is all about!

English Hub 

Trailer 

As the 97th Academy Awards (aka The Oscars) approach, experts are still in the dark about which of the ten films nominated for Best Picture is the most likely to win the statuette. Sean Baker’s faux fairy tale Anora, Bradley Corbet’s immigration saga The Brutalist and Edward Berger’s papal intrigue thriller Conclave seem to be leading the way. For Brazilians, it could well be Walter Salles’s political drama I’m Still Here. 


Pop culture talk

Could I'M STILL HERE make Oscar history?

We're building on our family-related vocabulary so that we can say things about your own family members.
Happy learning!

Learn Basic French Podcast

Basic Easy French: Parle-moi de ta famille-2e partie (Tell me about your family-2nd part)

Try these tips during awkward silences or when you don't know what else to talk about.

1.   Don't reject your own ideas thinking that they are not worth sharing. When you filter most of your stories and experiences you have fewer topics to talk about. 
 
2.   Don't list your points, instead elaborate on each point using examples or personal experiences. This also gives the opportunity to the listener to add to the topic or share their own experiences making it a two-way conversation.
 
3.   Speak at the right pace. If you speak too fast, you end the conversation very quickly. It’s usually because the listener doesn’t understand you and therefore can’t keep the conversation going.  
 
4.   Learn to ask smart questions to keep the conversation going. Ask open-ended questions such as, “what do you think about …?” with follow-up questions “why do you think …?”. This helps you build up on the information that you received.
 
5.   Practise thinking critically so you always have something to say. When you practice critical thinking and ask yourself counter-questions, you are able to spontaneously think of ideas and form arguments using your background knowledge. You can easily connect the dots and be eloquent while talking to people.
 
6.   Learn a few speech frameworks such as Past - Present - Future, Problem – Solution - Benefit, or other storytelling formats such as ‘the mountain’. When you have a structure, you don’t lose your chain of thoughts and you don’t run into dead ends. Your listeners are also able to understand you better and remember what you said.
 
7.   If you are using a second language to communicate such as English, then simplify your complex thoughts in your native language first and then translate them to English. Lots of times when translation is tough, we give up and change the topic. But this practice helps you make the translation process easy. 
 
If you want to learn more, please book a session with me. 


Sensei Ann

Tips for not running out of things to say

Video Podcast~♬
Japanese Podcast for Beginners|| オーロラ✨を まって | VERY VERY EASY Native JAPANESE!

♯１６
オーロラの ニュースを みました。
わたしも オーロラが みたくて、それで、よぞらを みながら、オーロラを まちました。

📖きょうの おはなし
「オーロラを まって」
00:00 オープニング
00:24 ゆうやけ
00:56 ２１じ４０ごろ
01:15 ２２じごろ
01:36 よなか
02:33 ネコの ゲンブガンちゃん

Q．みなさんの ところでは オーロラ✨が みられましたか。

🦔🍎　ちょっと　むずかしい　ことば・ぶん　🍅🦔
It is useful to copy and paste words you don't understand into the translation‼Microsoft Translator / Google Translator: You can also check the reading of kanji‼‼

１））オープニング 00:00 
・夜
・空
・夜空
・オーロラ（aurora）
・待つ

【grammar check!】
①かもしれない ②そうだ〈I hear〉


２））ゆうやけ 00:24
・向こう（向こうにV）
・赤い
・光
・夕焼け
・真っ暗
・暗い
・早い

【grammar check!】
①そうだ〈I hear〉 ②く／に なる ③てから


３））２１じ４０ごろ 00:56 
・さっき
・明るい

【grammar check!】
①より ②なければいけない


４））２２じごろ 01:15 
・大体
・やっと

【grammar check!】
①になる ②reasonて、emotion ③てしまう ④ので ⑤ことにする


５））よなか 01:36 
・夜中
・目が覚める
・戻る
・カメラ
・SがOを動かす
・Sが動く
・変な
・窓
・網戸（screen window? window screen?）


【grammar check!】
①てくる ②てみる ③Aと、B 〈When A, B will always happen〉


６））ネコのゲンブガンちゃん 02:33 
・時計

【grammar check!】
①ことにする ②"what you did"と、"Something you noticed" ③reasonて、emotion ④Plain form の 〈noun phrase〉 


Japanese Podcast for Beginners
VERY VERY EASY Native JAPANESE

Japanese! わたしの いろいろな はなし

オーロラを まって

CHISTES MEXICANOS

ERRORES

You can read the podcast here: >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a-sWZrQuzb759kVbBTw2sxVHKOCpoM9O/view?usp=sharing

Lisa's Podcast

Making Our Streets Safer for Everyone

In English exams with questions where you have to fill in the missing word, often they will put two words that sound good. But how do you know which one is correct?

Previous quiz question with a preposition trap! https://www.italki.com/en/quiz/quiz/370676

Link to my teacher's profile with my podcast and all my quiz questions: https://www.italki.com/en/creator_portfolio/1667154?tab=quiz

The Social Evolutionary

Exam Tips: Filling in the missing word.

Te. Sä. 
Mitä tarkoittaa teitittely suomen kielessä ja teititelläänkö enää työelämässä. Tässä jaksossa puhun enemmän teitittelystä ja miten sitä opetan opiskelijoilleni. Suomessa teititellään huomattavasti vähemmän, kuin esimerkiksi Saksassa tai Ranskassa. Silti myös Suomessa on hyvä osata teititellä vanhempia ihmisiä ja asiakaspalvelussa..