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Conoce en un tan solo un minuto un poco sobre nuestro famoso escritor que ganó un premio Nobel...

In just one minute, learn a little about our famous Nobel Prize-winning writer...

Podcast en español para principiantes - Vocabulary (Podcast in Spanish for beginners)

Gabriel García Márquez 

In this episode I’ll comment about an article titled: “Tai chi may slow Parkinson's symptoms for years, study finds” which was published on the website of the BBC. Enjoy.

Useful vocabulary:
neurodegenerative disease
dizziness
neuroprotection
an approach
a martial art
the brain function
the onset of something
to encourage something
a pathology
to alleviate
to investigate
the root causes of something


Let's check out the news

Tai Chi slows down Parkinson's disease

Full script with Furigana: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの18回目です。大学のレポート課題を全て終わらせてしまったので、最近少し暇になりました。italkiの紹介動画をそろそろアップデートしたいです。今の動画を撮影したのは２年前です。レッスンに来る生徒さんの目的やゴールも少し変わっているので、レッスンの種類もアップデートしたいです。

Hello, this is episode 18 of season 2 of my podcast. I've finished all my university report assignments, so I've had a bit of free time recently, and I'd like to update my italki introduction video soon. I filmed the current video two years ago. The objectives and goals of new students have changed a bit, so I want to update the type of lessons I offer.

今日は効果的なテスト勉強についてお話しします。日本語の代表的なテストはJLPTですね。私の生徒さんの中にもJLPTを受験した人がたくさんいますが、レベルにかかわらず全員合格しています。テストを受ける時に一番大事なことは、正しいレベルを選択することです。その次に、テスト勉強の計画です。テストに申し込んだら、テストの日をカレンダーに書いて、テストまでにどれぐらい勉強時間があるか考えます。１年前から勉強を始める人もいれば、３ヶ月前に準備を始める人もいます。

Today I will talk about effective test study. The JLPT is the most well-known and widely-recognised test for the Japanese language. Many of my students have taken the JLPT, and they have all passed, regardless of their level. The most important thing when taking the test is to choose the right level. The second most important thing is to plan your test study. When you sign up for the test, you should write the test date on your calendar and think about how much time you have to study before the test; some people start studying a year in advance, while others start preparing three months in advance.

大切なのは早く始めることではなく、自分に合ったスケジュールを立てることです。たとえば平日が忙しい人は、仕事や学校の休み時間に勉強するより、週末にじっくり勉強した方が集中できるはずです。普段あまり忙しくない人は、毎日決まった時間に勉強することで正しい生活のリズムを作ることができます。「テスト勉強はテストに合格できなければ意味がない」というのは誤解です。誤解とは、人や物について間違った理解をして、正しくないイメージをもつことです。テスト勉強は、自分に合った勉強スタイルを探して試すのにとても役立ちます。さらに、テストに合格できると自信がつきます。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

S2 Ep18. テスト勉強の方法

Hej, z tej strony Anka, a to jest już szósty  odcinek podcastu Polish is fun. W tym odcinku dam ci kilka bardzo prostych rad, co zrobić aby jak najwięcej skorzystać z lekcji języka polskiego. Oczywiście,  reguły te odnoszą się także do innych języków.

Dobrze, zaczynamy. 
Czyli zdecydowałeś się uczyć zdalnie języka polskiego i znalazłeś fajnego nauczyciela, starasz się mieć lekcje regularnie, ale tak naprawdę to nie widzisz jakiś fantastycznych rezultatów. 
Co możesz zrobić  w takiej sytuacji ?...

Mam nadzieję, że moje rady pomogą ci w nauce. Jeśli chciałabyś/chciałbyś transkrypcję tego podcastu, proszę napisz do mnie.
Dziękuję za uwagę  i do usłyszenia!  Cześć!

skorzystać - to make good use of something
przyzwyczaić się - to get used to 
spektakularne rezultaty - great results
pora dnia - time of the day


Polish is fun with Anka

Skorzystaj jak najwięcej z lekcji online

You're lying on the couch, bored, looking at videos on TikTok or YouTube. You watch a video of a dog swimming, and then switch to a cooking video, then to someone doing a weird dance.

But it doesn't help your boredom.

In fact, according to new research, it could make it even worse.

Researchers in Canada found that switching from one video to another, or moving forward or backward in the same video, can increase feelings of boredom.

In a study published by the American Psychological Association, the researchers did several experiments with more than 1,200 people.

In one experiment, participants were first given seven different five-minute videos they could switch between over 10 minutes. They were then given one 10-minute video to watch, without being able to fast-forward.

The participants reported lower levels of boredom when they watched the single 10-minute video, and found the experience to be more engaging and meaningful than when they switched between the shorter videos.

In another experiment, participants were found to be less bored when they watched a single 10-minute video than when they were given 10 minutes to skip forward and backward through a 50-minute video.

Katy Tam, one of the researchers, said digital switching — switching between videos or within a video itself — can make watching something feel meaningless, because you don't have time to engage with it or understand it.

"If people want a more enjoyable experience when watching videos, they can try to stay focused on the content and minimize digital switching," she said. "Just like paying for a more immersive experience in a movie theater, more enjoyment comes from immersing oneself in online videos rather than swiping through them."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Swiping Through Online Videos Can Increase Boredom

秋です。晴れた夜には、きれいな月が楽しめるようになってきました。9月10日は「中秋（ちゅうしゅう）の名月（めいげつ）」でした。日本の「お月見」の行事を紹介（しょうかい）しましょう。ついでに、月が出てくる日本の民謡（みんよう　folk song）、炭坑節（たんこうぶし）をお聞かせしましょう。ひいているのは、日本のギター、弦（げん strings）が3本の三味線（しゃみせん）です。いきなり歌ってますが、びっくりしないでくださいね。
スクリプトと文法や言葉のリストはこちら。
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楽しみ方はこちらを見てください。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/116c436c16ed4055a68ddb2c4624cd96
じゃあ、またね。