In this episode I answer the question which animal I would prefer, a cat, or a dog? Tell me your answer in the comments :)




What's Your Opinion?

Would you rather have a cat or a dog as a pet?

This podcast gives you strategies to succeed on each part of the IELTS Speaking Exam. The three parts are very different from one another so you need to use strategies that are specific to each part. This podcast starts with a brief overview of strategies for the overall exam and continues with a closer look at the ways to succeed on Parts 1, 2, and 3.

IELTS Speaking Success

IELTS Speaking Strategies 1 2 3 - Episode 1: Intro

A short and simple exploration of museums, told in natural Turkish, with useful vocabulary at the end for learners.

Merhaba Türkçe 

A Museum Visit in Turkish

ხელის გულზე ტარება
to make a fuss over somebody
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Lamzira's Georgian podcast

Georgian phrasal verb 3 

This podcast you will know about some of the most common mistakes when learning Spanish. 

1. El verbo gustar. recordamos que, para conjugar este verbo es obligatorio poner los pronombres de objeto indirecto correspondientes a cada persona (me, te, le, nos, os, les).

 2. El género de los sustantivos. Seguramente, hayas aprendido que, como regla general, en español los nombres acabados en “o” son masculinos y los acabados en “a” son femeninos, ¿verdad? Pues bien, esto es así en la mayoría de los casos, pero hay excepciones y es ahí precisamente donde los estudiantes de español comenten errores.

 3. Verbos acordarse / recordar Es frecuente que los estudiantes de español confundan el verbo “acordarse” y el verbo “recordar” y mezclen sus estructuras. 

4. Los posesivos Expresiones como: “Me duele mi cabeza”; “Sergio se ha operado su nariz”; “Marta se ha roto su tobillo”, etc., no son correctas en español, ya que es impropio usar un posesivo (mi, su, etc.) con una parte del cuerpo en este tipo de producciones. En su lugar, lo adecuado es usar un artículo (la, el, etc.). 

5. “También” / “Tampoco” La diferencia entre usar uno u otro radica en que usaremos el adverbio “también” para indicar acuerdo en frases afirmativas y “tampoco” para indicar acuerdo en frases negativas. 

6. ¿Mayúsculas o minúsculas? En español, los nombres de los días de la semana, de los meses y de las estaciones del año se escriben en minúscula. Sin embargo, los estudiantes suelen escribirlos en mayúsculas debido, en la mayoría de los casos, a la interferencia de otras lenguas. Sin embargo, debes tener en cuenta que en algunos casos sí se escriben en mayúsculas. 
Comienzo de texto 

Después de punto 

Forman parte de palabras significativas

 Hechos históricos Festividades. 

Nombres de calles 

Remember that I teach Spanish on italki, you can book a class for more information you can look at it on my profile :)

Colombia

6 errores comunes al aprender español

For the second year in a row, Taylor Swift has been named Spotify's most-played artist.

The streaming service has released its annual overview of individual listening trends as well as trends from around the world — called Spotify Wrapped.

Users can now see their top artists, songs, genres, albums and podcasts, as well as uncover which artists had the biggest year on the platform.

Swift was 2024's most-streamed artist globally, ranking in more than 26.6 billion streams. She was followed by The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billie Eilish.

Swift also earned the title of most-streamed album in 2024, with The Tortured Poets Department, while Sabrina Carpenter had the most-streamed song both in the US and globally this year, with her summer hit "Espresso." It was streamed more than 1.6 billion times.

For users who want to look back at their listening habits over the year, there were some new features to explore on Spotify Wrapped.

These include a new data story called "Your Music Evolution," which shows three distinct musical phases for each user, and a personalized playlist based on them.

People like to share their Spotify Wrapped data on social media, although this year some complained that the roundup was missing certain features they'd previously enjoyed.

Streaming now accounts for most of the money generated by the music industry — 84% in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, and 67.3% around the world, according to a 2024 report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which tracks global sales.

Spotify is the largest platform of all with a reported 626 million users and 246 million subscribers.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Spotify Users Look Back on Year of Listening Habits

Please listen to this audio and tell me where I travelled and what I did. 

和Dan说中文

旅游 Travel

Self help books and listening to motivational speakers can be very useful in your journey. However, there is a downside to this. In this podcast, I will discuss the downside of just listening and reading.

FLO TALKS 

The downside of listening to personal development podcast

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