In this episode, we follow Ömer, a Turkish language learner visiting Istanbul, as he explores a cozy bookstore in Kadıköy. From asking for directions in Turkish to picking the perfect book for his language journey, Ömer’s day is filled with authentic interactions and cultural discoveries. Tune in to hear practical dialogues, useful phrases, and language tips to inspire your own Turkish learning experience :)

Merhaba Türkçe 

A Turkish Bookstore Journey: Learning Language Through Stories

Body parts are used in day to day life conversation so it's very important to learn them in both Swahili and English, in this podcast, you'll learn essential vocabulary related to body parts. 

Head in Swahili is 
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Hair in Swahili is 
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Swahili world

Sehemu Za Mwili (body parts)

“Cuando leo en español, lo oigo, esa es la pequeña diferencia con respecto a las otras lenguas que hablo”, esta conclusión salió mientras conversaba con María P. esta semana. Ella, como muchos de mis estudiantes y como yo mismo, somos políglotas y tenemos la habilidad de poder leer textos en varios idiomas y de varios tipos de registro.

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

Oír leyendo

Medical Spanish 🏥 🎧
La endocrinología pediátrica

La semana pasada, di una clase a una estudiante, y doctora, que radica en Estados Unidos, ella tiene muchos pacientes hispanos, en su mayoría mexicanos. Abordamos el tema de la endocrinología pediátrica. Si eres doctor/a, este cortito espisodio, te podría interesar. 

Mucho que decir

Medical Spanish 🏥 🎧

In this episode, I explain why your English progress can slow down and stop. I offer 5 key strategies you can follow to overcome "the intermediate plateau" and move on to fluency. 
Follow the link for the full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Uv6OsMTb0c7VHmzNe4E8ue8ZsmElqy8uh09d2KLqf4/edit?usp=sharing

UK TALKS WITH LIZ

EPISODE 4: WHY IS MY ENGLISH BLOCKED?

👉 This episode of Stairway to English is a very special conversation edition! This is Part 1. Part 2 will be available very soon! 

👉 Marisa and I talk about her life, her background with language learning, where her family is from, and growing up as an English language learner. Marisa speaks with a Texan accent. I hope you enjoy the episode!

👉 Vocabulary
Commute - Travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis

Stay put - To stay in one place

Public Relations - A type of employment where you work with companies to help them in the news or stay out of the news

Birth certificate - A certificate received at birth to show where you were born

Immigrant - A person who moves to and lives in a different country

Pull out - Take something out

Drop off - Leave someone or something somewhere

Hand me over - Give someone something or someone

Siblings - Brothers and/or sisters

Pick up - Collect a person or a thing from a place

Accelerates - Move quickly

Y’all - You all. This is used mainly in the southern part of the USA.

Carried on a long distance relationship - Dated while living far apart from one another

No brainer - An easy decision

Ma’am - A polite way to address women

Sir - A polite way to address men

Mannerisms - The way you act and handle yourself

👉 Have questions about the episode? Comment below or send me a message!

👉 If you would like to take a lesson with me, send me a message here on italki! Right now, I can't accept new students because my italki schedule is full, but I will be able to very soon! Get on my waiting list now so you will be first in line for lesson openings!

Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

Part 1: Conversation Edition: Language Learning, Families, and Immigration with Marisa Vallbona

Welcome to learn easy Thai with Kru sumon.  

Today we will learn how to speak Thai from a short conversation during a phone call.  This is a conversation between A and B. 

A : สวัสดีค่ะ  ขอสาย คุณแมรี่ ค่ะ
(sa-wad-dee kha , khor saai khun Mary kha)

B: รอซักครุ่ค่ะ ... ขอโทษนะคะ คุณแมรี่ ไม่อยุ่ค่ะ ให้โทรกลับมั้ยคะ
(ror sak khroo kha.  Khor tote na kha. Khun Mary mai yoo kha. Hai toe glap mai kha?)

A: ไม่เป็นไรค่ะ เดี๋ยวโทรมาใหม่
(mai bpen rai kha.  Diao toe maa mai)

This is a situation where A made a phone call and B picked up the phone. A is asking for Mary.
B. told A to wait and then inform that Mary is not in. 
B asked if A want Mary to call her back.
A said No.

From this conversation , we learn that :

When you make a phone call , and ask for some one. You will say
ขอสาย ...................  (khor saai ……………)
followed by the name of person

or you also can add one more word here 
ขอสาย .................. หน่อย  (khor saai……….. noi)
put Noi at the end to soften the sentence.


when you want someone to wait, you will say
รอซักครู่  (ror sak kroo)
= wait a moment , please

When you want to say “Sorry”, you will say
ขอโทษ  (khor tote)  = sorry

When you want to ask if the listener want the person to call him or her back, you will say
ให้โทรกลับมั้ย (hai toe glab mai?)  = Do you want (the person) to call you back?

If you want to refuse this question, you will say
ไม่เป็นไร  
Actually ไม่เป็นไร means , that’s fine. It doesn’t matter. I am ok.

When you want to say I will call back later, you will say
เดี๋ยวโทรกลับมาใหม่  (diao toe glab maa mai) = I will call back later.










Learn Easy Thai With Sumon

EP1 : Phone call : She's not in.

🌈 Paint Your Way to Fluency! 🌈
Did you know that colours can change how you learn a language? 🎨
In Episode 88 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, we explore how:

✨ Dark colours sharpen your grammar focus
✨ Light colours make vocabulary shine
✨ Pastels calm you for speaking
✨ Warm hues energize your fluency
✨ Cool tones boost listening & memory

🎧 Listen now and discover how to colour-code your study routine for faster, deeper learning!

👉 Which colour helps you learn best—dark, light, pastel, warm, or cool?





💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 88 - How 🔫🌈 🫧 🍾 🎊 Colors can help you learn a language

こんにちは！Atsushiです。
昨日の大阪の天気は曇ったり、雨が降ったり。
気温は27℃ぐらいで、湿気(しっけ)があり、蒸し暑かったです。

今、私は日本語教師の資格を取る為に学校に行っています。そして、今月9月で終わります。
最後の山場(やまば)として、昨日、留学生(りゅうがくせい)の学校に行って、模擬授業(もぎじゅぎょう)をしてきました。

とてもとても緊張(きんちょう)しました！
計画していた通りのペースで進められず、少し内容(ないよう)を変更(へんこう)しました。
なんとか決まった時間(じかん)のうちに、最後まで進めることができました。

留学生のみなさんは、とても真面目(まじめ)で、一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)、授業に参加してくれました。ありがとうございます！

簡単ではなかったですが、日本語学習者(にほんごがくしゅうしゃ)のみなさんに、オンラインではなく、直接(ちょくせつ)関われることは、私にとってとても貴重(きちょう)な体験(たいけん)になりました。

個人的(こじんてき)には、オンラインでマンツーマンで話すレッスンの方が好きですが、また機会があれば、学校で授業がしたいです。


今日は、ようやく終わった学校での模擬授業について、話しました！今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！ではまた！
