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5 Minute de Limba Română

Episodul 2: A face cu ochiul sau a face cu mâna?

Are you stuck at IELTS 5.5 or 6.0? Tired of hearing the same advice but seeing no progress? In this episode, I break down the real reasons why your IELTS Speaking and Writing scores aren’t improving — and what you need to change today.

Having worked with hundreds of IELTS candidates, especially from China, I know the common mistakes:

Short, unnatural answers

Overly formal language

Repetitive vocabulary

Relying on memorized idioms instead of natural English

🚫 Why IELTS strategies alone won’t help
🚫 Why tips, templates, and endless mock tests aren't enough
✅ Why 200+ hours of active practice is the real key to moving from Band 6 to Band 7
✅ How authentic English practice and honest feedback will help you improve faster

What you'll learn in this episode:

The truth about IELTS progress (based on Cambridge research)

Why many candidates from China (and globally) misunderstand how IELTS works

How IELTS measures real-world communication skills, not your ability to memorize exam hacks

The mindset shift you need if you’re serious about Band 7+

🎧 Listen now and get clear, no-nonsense advice on how to improve your IELTS score — from someone who’s helped students worldwide achieve success.

If you want a transcript for this episode, go to www.theenglishnative.com

Kev's English Podcast

 Kev's English Podcast – Episode 32 Why You're Stuck at IELTS Band 6 (and How to Finally Reach Band 7)

Pépète, le lapin
- Quand j’étais petit, raconte Pépète le lapin, ma maman m’a un jour demandé d’aller chercher six carottes dans le champ d’à côté.
En faisant des petits sauts, j’y suis allé. Hop ! hop ! hop ! Pas de danger à droite ? Rien à gauche ? Hop ! hop ! hop !
J’ai arraché les carottes et je suis rentré à toute vitesse à la maison. Maman s’est mise à crier. J’en avais pris beaucoup trop ! Il n’y avait plus de place dans la cuisine ! Ce n’est pas ma faute, je ne sais pas compter jusqu’à six !

Des Milliers D'histoires

Histoire 11 - Pépète, le lapin

The scary name of a street in Spain.
Included are some explanations of common expressions.
We need to practice expressions, because often the direct translation doesn't make sense and sounds crazy!

The Social Evolutionary

WHOSE Street???!!!

A new survey in Japan has shown that many people may be giving up on "happily ever after" when they get older than 35.

A survey by the Nippon Foundation asked 6,000 people, aged 15 to 45, about the country's falling birth rate. Among the 3,935 single participants, 46% said they want to get married, while 33% said they don't.

However, when asked if they really think they will get married, only 27% said yes, while 39% said no.

Younger people were more hopeful about marriage, with about 40% of those aged 15 to 25 thinking they will marry. But over 50% of single people aged 36 to 45 believe they won't get married, suggesting people may give up on marriage as they age.

Of the 1,313 people who said they don't want to get married, 40% said they prefer being single. Other reasons for staying single included not being able to see any benefit to marrying, and wanting to put their own life first. More than 20% didn't have a clear reason or just didn't know why.

For the 267 people who want to marry but think they won't, the top reason for thinking it won't happen is not having chances to meet potential partners, which was mentioned by 49% of these people. Others said they weren't good at getting along with people of the opposite sex, or felt financially insecure.

Where people lived also affected views on marriage. About 30% of people in central Tokyo and big cities thought they would marry, but only just over 20% of those in smaller towns and villages felt the same.

Marriages in Japan have been decreasing for years. In 2023, there were 3.9 marriages per 1,000 people in Japan — down from a high of 12 marriages per 1,000 people in 1947.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Japan's Over-35s Giving Up on Marriage

dialogo informale con accento del sud e le orecchiette

la Rubrica di Simona

l'amica salentina

Today you will hear a DIALOGUE between a hairdresser and a customer. ✂✂✂
Let’s start. Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!📚
If you like this podcast, please contact me for the transcript.📜📑
See you in class!👋


SERBIAN TO GO

Код фризера – Kod frizera - At the hairdresser's (A1-A2 level)

어제 비가 많이 왔어요.  Yesterday it rained a lot. 
그래서 나무가 쓰러졌어요. So a tree fell over. 
어제 yesterday
비가 오다 It rains. 
그래서 so, therefore, that's why
나무 a tree
쓰러지다 (in this case) to fall over

Please after listening to this, repeat it twice. !!