Travelling is one of the best ways to unwind, discover new places and flavours and, why not, learn a language. So, in this episode of Your Spanish Journey, I'll talk about five breathtaking places that, in my opinion, you should visit if you are planning to travel to Latin America.

Your Spanish Journey

Five breathtaking places to visit in Latin America

Transcript is available ⁠⁠on meikasensei.com⁠⁠ for vocabulary description, and pictures, and more.

Using this podcast for EXTENSIVE LISTENING & SHADOWING can be effective. Each episode is 2-3 minutes long without long intro or music. So you can just listen during chores or walks.

【⁠やさしいにほんごブログ⁠】I post a blog with simple vocab and grammar with furigana for beginners, and natural Japanese for intermediate. This is the podcast version! The blog is designed to reflect the trends and seasons in Japan at that time. 

やさしいにほんご Podcast with Meika Sensei for Extensive listening & Shadowing

Ep. 2 Intermediate : セーラームーンとワンピースとわたし | Sailor Moon, One Piece and Me

一次，华特先生参加一对年轻华侨的婚礼，他很有礼貌的赞美新娘漂亮，一旁的新郎立即代表新娘表示感谢，“哪里哪里”，华特先生觉得挺不好意思的，以为未说到地方，便用中国话再说：头发，眉毛，眼睛，耳朵，鼻子都很漂亮。”

Once, Mr. Walter attended the wedding of a pair of young overseas Chinese. He politely praised the bride for her beauty. The groom at the side immediately thanked her on behalf of the bride. "Where is it?" Mr. Walter felt very embarrassed. He thought he had not spoken about the place, so he said in Chinese: "hair, eyebrows, eyes, ears and nose are beautiful."

哪里哪里-Chinese way to say thanks

开心一刻 Jokes

哪里哪里nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ 

Escúchalo con calma y trata de quedarte con las ideas principales.

En el pódcast que estás a punto de escuchar, oirás hablar sobre platos y bebidas costarricenses que quizás no conozcas.

Una expresión puramente costarricense es ¡Pura vida! Es tan común que a veces es lo primero que aprenden muchos extranjeros en español (sobre todo estadounidenses) gracias al turismo internacional del país.

Un bocado de español

DE COSTA A COSTA (COSTA RICA)

Nick discusses whether this is likely to happen. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Will paper books disappear someday?

1) сього́дні – today (А сьогодні буде подкаст?);
2) звича́йно – sure;
3) щось ціка́ве – something interesting;
4) пам’ята́єш... – do you remember...;
5) я́сно – it’s clear;
6) впере́д! – let’s go!
7) напри́клад – for example (Наприклад, я – американець. Я розмовляю англійською. Значить, мова – англійська);
6) де – where (-А де ще англійська є офіційною мовою? -Багато де!);
7) бага́то – many, a lot of;
8) скла́дно – it’s hard;
9) cпро́буй – give it a shot!
10) молоде́ць – well-done! 
11) як бу́де «…» украї́нською? – how would you say “…” in Ukrainian?
12) тут – here (тут все просто – here everything is easy);
13) про́сто – easy (не так просто – not that easy);
14) тро́хи неочі́кувано – a nit unexpected;
15) шви́дко – quickly;
16) в ме́не урок ско́ро  – I have a lesson soon;
17) ува́га – attention;
18) пра́вда – true;
19) інфа́ = інформа́ція – information (slang)
20) зві́дки ти зна́єш сло́во «…»? – how do you know the word ‘”…”? (literally: from where…  звідки ти? = where are you from?)
21) це все твої́ подка́сти - that's all your podcasts;
22) мені́ час – I have to go now!
23) до зу́стрічі! – see you later!
24) тому́ – that is why…| тому що - because


Everything is going to be Ukraine!

Episode 4: Країна, мова, національність|country, language, nationality

How do children learn to read? Why should we show words to the children? How do we know if a child is ready to start learning phonics? Why is the British curriculum introducing the phonics so early, as opposed to other languages and countries? How important is proprioception for good pronunciation? Why do we as Early years teachers giving so much importance to rhyme and alliteration?

Language Tales

Phonetical awareness in Early years

New York is known for its yellow taxis. They're everywhere: pushing through the busy streets like bees.

They are a symbol of the city and there are more than 13,500 of them buzzing around the "Big Apple."

That's a lot of taxis. But there are some other things buzzing around the city and they aren't always quite so easy to see — millionaires.

The city of yellow taxis is also the city of millionaires, and according to a new report there are about 26 times more millionaires in New York than there are taxis!

The 2024 World's Wealthiest Cities report, by investment company Henley and Partners, says New York has almost 350,000 millionaires.

That number grew by 48% between 2013 and 2023, and there are also 60 billionaires in the city.

But like so many wealthy cities, the gap between the rich and the poor in New York is big, and it's getting bigger.

According to 2023 data, the top 20% of earners in the city make almost six times as much as the bottom 20% of earners.

New York is also the world's second most expensive city to live in.

There are 11 US cities in the top 50 wealthiest cities in the world.

The Bay Area, which includes San Francisco and California's tech area of Silicon Valley is second in the list. More than 300,000 millionaires live there, along with 68 billionaires.

Tokyo is third with 298,000 millionaires, although the Japanese capital has seen a small decrease in the number of millionaires over the last 10 years.