I will give you 4 words, honestly, only 4 words, which will make you sound more natural instantly. They are words all my students know, but never use!!

Sometimes trying to replace simple vocabulary has the opposite effect of sounding natural :) Stick to the basics!

Please comment if you like what you hear, or leave me a comment to focus on something in particular.   

I have a transcript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6uqVQLjxQI0MqNP7zNi57jkcjwtfI_DBJ-hS57KBwY/edit?usp=sharing

English With Craig  - Natural English, Natural Learning

Episode Two:  4 words to sound WAY more natural! 

Compartimos el cuento de Julio Cortázar, "Continuidad de los parques". 


Spanish from Buenos Aires

Cuento "Continuidad de los parques", de Julio Cortázar

❥ In this podcast, Teacher Melody from The Aesop for Children. 
❥ Aesop's Fables are free online at:
www.read.gov/aesop/ 
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Follow along as Teacher Melody Aesop's fable called 
"The Wolf & the Crane"
https://www.read.gov/aesop/006.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
"Expect no reward for serving the wicked."

Life Lessons from Aesop's Fables

Episode 5: The Wolf & the Crane

¿No te ha pasado que estás hablando español, leyendo y te preguntas el origen de la palabra que estás usando o que leíste? A mí sí me ha pasado. Algo que muchos saben, es que el origen de las palabras, particularmente en español proviene del latín, del griego, del árabe, en fin, muchas tienen orígenes llamativos y a mí siempre me ha gustado saber el porqué de las cosas. Escucha, al final puedes comentarme si este origen lo sabías o que creías de la palabra. Suscríbete, comenta para dejar tu opinión, comparte con otros estudiantes de español y hablemos de esto en clase. 

Español con todo 

LA HISTORIA DE LAS PALABRAS

Oi gente, sejam muito bem-vindos ao Portuguese Drops, o seu Podcast de Português favorito. Meu nome é Aneleh e hoje vamos mergulhar no colorido e animado universo desta festa única. Preparem-se para cinco dicas essenciais para vivenciar o Carnaval brasileiro. Se quiser acompanhar no link do podcast é só clicar nesse link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JaFWe30ew24KE0cLhUJK3XGY-n1jHsKog8ZFAaPWHkk/edit?usp=sharing 
Vamos lá!


Portuguese Drops 

5 dicas para curtir o Carnaval Brasileiro

[ — Audio description, listen and read along for greater understanding. — ]

— Oi! Como você está?

— Oi! Estou bem, e você?

— Estou bem também. E o trabalho como está?

— Ah, está indo. Estou cansada mas nada fora do normal. E você?

— Eu saí do meu antigo emprego. Estou procurando um novo. Você tem alguma dica?

— Sim, você pode procurar online. Sites como LinkedIn costumam ter boas vagas de emprego.

— Boa ideia. Vou dar uma olhada. Obrigado!

— De nada! Boa sorte na busca e me diga se precisar de ajuda!

— Pode deixar!


PORTUREAD - Listen to small texts and conversations samples in portuguese!

Como está o trabalho? — SMALL TALK IN PORTUGUESE (A1-B1 LEVEL)

Tacos are the world's most popular street food, according to a new study of TikTok posts.

Originally from Mexico, these simple, messy, hand-sized snacks are enjoyed around the world.

A money transfer company called Remitly wanted to find out about the world's best-loved street foods.

It made a list of more than 300 such foods from 136 countries, and looked at TikTok to see how many times each one had been mentioned on the app.

Tacos — tortillas filled with meat, vegetables or almost anything else you can think of — were mentioned more than 1.8 million times.

Next came a South Asian favorite, pani puri. Eaten in India at any time of day, these are crispy dough balls often filled with potato, chickpeas and spices.

Pani puri was mentioned more than 734,000 times, a little more than the third-placed food: hot dogs, which were mentioned almost 654,000 times.

Many of the most popular street foods on the list are things you can easily eat while walking — although you might get some sauce on your shirt!

But Vietnamese pho — a noodle soup — also did well, and so did Peru's ceviche, a fish dish made with lime juice and onion.

Some sweet snacks were also in the website's top 10, including waffles, croissants and crepes.

Many of these street foods can now be found around the world, although some are easier to find than others.

But travel website TimeOut says eating authentic local street food is one of the best parts of traveling!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Tacos Named World's Most Popular Street Food

Why is British food so bland, beige, and weird? This funny and simple English essay is perfect for learners who want to practise listening and reading while laughing at the UK's strange food habits.

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