In this episode, Smith discusses some of the most common challenges learners face when studying English. From pronunciation issues to confidence struggles, discover practical solutions to overcome these obstacles and take your English skills to the next level. Whether you're just starting or looking to improve, these tips will help you tackle your biggest language problems!

LEARN BY LISTENING

STOP Tolerating These Popular Problems

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

In questo dialogo, il cliente chiama il negozio per sapere se può sostituire un prodotto acquistato che è risultato difettoso. 

Italiano Chiaro

In Profumeria

In this episode we will talk about 【lie down V.S. involution】, you will learn how to say 【irrational,be involved in,God rewards the diligent. 】 ect.
--------------------------------------------------
It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【内卷和躺平】的话题。
“内卷”原本是一个人类学的学术用语，原意是指人类社会在某一特定的发展阶段，处于停滞状态，或者不能转换成其他更高层次的形态。这几年“内卷”的概念开始在中国的年轻一代中流行起来，它指的是一种非理性的竞争。
举个例子，孩子们在学校里，有一个同学报名参加了补习班，所有人都报名了。最后的结果是，所有人的分数都提高了，但是排名没有太大的变化，反而是补习班赚钱了。又例如在公司，本来大家都是6点下班，有的同事为了在领导面前表现，开始加班到8点，其他同事为了不让领导觉得自己不够努力，也开始加班，而且加班到更晚。结果就是大家加班的时间越来越晚了，但是工资却没有涨。我们现在经常用“卷”来形容一个行业、一个公司或者一个人，指的是非理性的过度竞争的状态。
随着社会竞争越来越激烈，很多人无形中被卷入到工作和生活上的“内卷”，一些人采用“躺平”方式来回应“内卷”压力，成为“躺平”一族。躺平的意思是拒绝竞争，选择轻松的工作和生活。
那么我们应该选择内卷还是躺平呢？来听一听他的看法。
躺平还是内卷，其实没必要争这个问题。内卷的本质是竞争，而躺平的本质是放弃竞争。永远有人想成为人上人，也有人只想隔岸观火。但竞争的前提是学会互相尊重，在良性对比中找到努力的方向。而放弃竞争意味着你得比大多数人更明白自己想要的是什么。比起极端的天道酬勤，更要明白如何扬长避短。如果鱼在岸上快要渴死了，就不要在岸上努力进化了。如果猫在水里快要被淹死了，就不要待在水里努力适应吧了。内卷和躺平，选什么不重要，你想要成为怎样的自己才重要。
你会选择内卷还是躺平呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
--------------------------------------------------
人类学	/	rén lèi xué	/	anthropology
学术用语	/	xué shù yòng yǔ	/	academic term
停滞	/	tíng zhì	/	stagnate
非理性	/	fēi lǐ xìng	/	irrational
补习班	/	bǔ xí bān	/	cram school
无形中	/	wú xíng zhōng	/	invisibly
被卷入	/	bèi juǎn rù	/	be involved in
人上人	/	rén shàng rén	/	superior people
隔岸观火	/	gé àn guān huǒ	/	look on sb.'s trouble with indifference
良性对比	/	liáng xìng duì bǐ	/	benign contrast
极端	/	jí duān	/	extreme
天道酬勤	/	tiān dào chóu qín	/	God rewards the diligent. 
扬长避短	/	yáng cháng bì duǎn	/	Promote strengths and avoid weaknesses
进化	/	jìn huà	/	evolution

Yuli's Chinese Channel

内卷和躺平 involution V.S. lie down（Advanced level）

Hi everyone! How was your Christmas? I hope you received wonderful gifts! In this episode, I introduce how Japanese people spend New Year's Day in N5 Japanese. Have fun and Happy New Year to you all!

たつきのにほんご

Japanese New Year's Day (Beginner)

In this episode we will learn how to ask weather 天气！

HSK2

Learn how to ask weather

Ayo belajar bahasa Indonesia bersama Rio A!
Let's learn Indonesian with Rio A!

Do you struggle to introduce yourself in Indonesian? Please listen carefully, Don't forget to listen and say. At the end also translated into English.

Selamat belajar dan mendengarkan

Rio A

Indonesian Club 

Perkenalan diri - Self Introduction

Simplified Chinese version:
《在学校吃午餐》
中午12点，平平到学校的餐厅吃饭。
平平看到牛肉，问小美："这种牛肉好吃吗?"
小美说："我不知道，我只吃青菜，不吃肉。"
平平看到猪肉，问旁边的同学："这种猪肉好吃吗?"
右边的莎莎说："我不清楚，我没有吃过猪肉。"
左边的哈里说："牛肉和猪肉我都不吃。"
平平说："猪肉和牛肉我最喜欢，我是爱吃肉的人！"

Traditional Chinese version:
《在學校吃午餐》
中午12點，平平到學校的餐廳吃飯。
平平看到牛肉，問小美："這種牛肉好吃嗎?"
小美說："我不知道，我只吃青菜，不吃肉。"
平平看到豬肉，問旁邊的同學："這種豬肉好吃嗎?"
右邊的莎莎說："我不清楚，我沒有吃過豬肉。"
左邊的哈里說："牛肉和豬肉我都不吃。"
平平說："豬肉和牛肉我最喜歡，我是愛吃肉的人！"

English translation:
Having lunch in the school
It’s 12 o’clock at noon. Ping go to the school cafeteria for lunch.
Ping notices the beef. He asks May, “Is this delicious?”
May says, “I don’t know. I don’t eat meat. I only eat vegetables.”
Ping notices the pork. He asks his classmate, “Is this delicious?”
Salsa says, “I don’t know. I have never eaten pork.”
Harry says, “I don’t eat beef and pork.”
Ping says, “I like to eat both pork and beef. I’m a meat tooth!”


Yasmine's Chinese Reading - elementary

在学校吃午餐 - Having lunch in the school

In this episode, my story of how I learnt to speak English from zero and my current challenge to learn Spanish in Costa Rica is shared. I also answer questions from students as following. 
1. did you learn English just for yourself or for my future career?
2. You have moved to other country just to learn Spanish now but how did that happen? Do you have strong passion for it and do you have plans to use Spanish for future? 

The answers to those are covered. So please enjoy ;)