Travel designer Ernest and Japanese teacher Naoya share the beauty of daily life of Japan with native Japanese conversation.トラベルデザイナーのアネちゃんと、日本語教師なおやの"Real-Life Japan"です。日本に関する話題について、自然な日本語で、お伝えしています。

Real-Life Japan

Zach from Canada and Naoya from Japan discuss the differences between their cultures in English and Japanese with a new topic. カナダのザックと日本のなおやが、英語と日本語でそれぞれの国のちがいについて話すポッドキャストです。

Koryuu Podcast/交流ポッドキャスト

Lectura de la primera parte del cuento de la escritora mexicana Cristina Rivera Garza.

Cuento de nunca acabar

Episodio 6: El día en que murió Juan Rulfo (Parte 1)

「形容詞」の練習をしましょう！
Today's Drills are adjectives.
Let's practice declensions of いadjectives and なadjectives.
Repeat and practice both A and B parts:)

A：元気ですか
B：はい 元気です
　   いいえ 元気じゃないです

A：好きですか
B：はい 好きです
　  いいえ 好きじゃないです

A：忙しいですか
B：はい 忙しいです
　   いいえ 忙しくないです

A：おいしいですか
B：はい おいしいです
　   いいえ おいしくないです

A：昨日は大丈夫でしたか
B：はい 大丈夫でした
　  いいえ 大丈夫じゃなかったです

A：昨日は忙しかったですか
B：はい 忙しかったです。
　  いいえ 忙しくなかったです

＊＊＊＊＊＊＊
幸せです・なります
→  幸せになります

静かです・なります
→  静かになります

寂しいです・なります
→   寂しくなります

暖かいです・なります
→　暖かくなります

＊＊＊＊＊＊＊

大変です・去年の試験
→ 去年の試験は大変でした

有名です・なりました・リーさん
→ リーさんは有名になりました

元気じゃないです・昨日・私
→ 昨日私は元気じゃなかったです

寒いです・昨日の朝
→ 昨日の朝は寒かったです。

忙しくないです・今朝
→ 今朝は忙しくなかったです

悲しいです・なりました・卒業式の後
→ 卒業式の後、悲しくなりました。

＊＊＊＊＊＊＊
卒業式（そつぎょうしき）：graduation ceremony
〜の後（あと）：after
幸せ[な]（しあわせ）：happy, fortunate

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語ドリル (Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Drills)

3. 形容詞の基本　/ Adjective practices for beginners

Wassup Shun?

Joke n1

Olá pessoal, tudo bem com vocês? No episódio de hoje vamos falar algumas palavras que não tem tradução direta em inglês e em várias outras línguas. Espero que vocês gostem! Assinem nosso podcast!

Português com Thiago

Palavras em Português que não existem em outras línguas!

The Missing Element in All Types of Interviews

In a job interview, make your case fast and be sure your suit is pressed, too. But it's not what the recording is about :) 

You might laugh, but it takes a few seconds for an experienced HR manager to decide on the outcome of the interview.

One of my students from China working as a general manager for a luxury firm said, "Oh, Anatoly, I watch for the words they use; if they have a victim mentality, the chances of them succeeding with us are low.". 

What are you going to do now after reading this?

I mean, I hear these remarks by my students who are top managers—they don't want to hear any kind of whining or complaining about the past. All they care about is how successfully you are going to assist and support the company's evolution and growth!

The winner's attitude is what they are looking for, and to be honest, it's a rare-case scenario.

If you check with yourself, what do you like? A complainer? A thrilled and excited individual? Are you happy about the changes, or does the future seem dark and gloomy?

Top managers got themselves trained to pick those nuanses, and so do I, as I've had top performers as my students for 8 years, and I did close to 21 thousand meetings with them—it's evident!

Let me know if this text was an eye-opener for you. I would be for me!!! 

If you want  me to listen to your speech and share some recommentations of how to improve your English performance - be my guest, book my classes now!



Job Interview Preparation | CEO Interview Strategies From Diverse Business Sectors!

The Missing Element In All Types of Interviews

Una proposta di legge per proteggere l'italiano.

Bedside Italian

Bedside Italian #50 - Una proposta di legge per proteggere l'italiano.

This episode is part two of the episode How to Answer, "Why Should We Hire You?" In this episode, you will increase your English vocabulary for everyday conversations in your personal life or work. You'll learn seven definitions for the phrases and idioms I used in the last episode. You'll also get some homework at the end so you can continue to improve your English communication skills. 

If you currently work or want to work with native English speakers from the U.S., you won't want to miss it!

Episode originally published on September 4, 2020.
Transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/hit-the-ground-running-phrase/.
Infographics for this episode at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/. 