You have acquired high-level proficiency in Listening and yet you feel like you barely understand dialogues in a film. Why is that? If that's a question you've asked yourself, then let me assure you: It's NOT YOU! 

In the series on Effective Listening, I'll be sharing a great many tips and strategies to get the most out of our Listening Comprehension Exercises.

Let me know in the Comments Section if there are any topics you'd like me to cover or any doubts and questions you'd like to clarify. 

All Things English

Effective Listening - Why Can't I Understand Films Without Subtitles?

Presentación personal de una persona. Con oraciones básicas y sencillas en árabe moderno estándar. 

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Presentación 2

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10013498911000/k10013498911000.html



いっしょにNHK News Web Easyを読もう📢Reading News Articles

today's news

Master the difference between the short /ɒ/ (as in what and hot) and the long /ɔː/ (as in water and talk). In this lesson, you’ll practice mouth positioning, tongue placement, and vowel length through repetition, word pairs, and tongue twisters. Perfect for sharpening your ear and improving your British English pronunciation. Exaggeration techniques included for maximum effect.
Transcript: 
  /ɒ/- What,  hot, not, dog, lot, shop, clock, pocket, follow, hobby, What, watch, want, wallet, wash, wander,
/ɔː/-  water, law, talk, walk, warm, thought, short, more, board, quarter, water, walk, talk, warm, wardrobe, warning,
(Minimal pairs 1)
hot — haaaawl, not — nooorth, dog — dawwwwrn, what — waaa-ter, cot — cooourt
(Minimal pairs 2)
what — water, dog — talk, watch — walk, lot — law, want — warm, clock — caught, pocket — board, shop — short, follow — fall, wander — warning, wash – warm, wallet – wardrobe, quantity – quarter, not — north
(Minimal pairs 3)
dog — dawn, cot — court, rot — road,  got — gore, pop — pour, shock — shore, cross — coarse, body — board, hobby — hoard,  off — or
(Tongue Twisters)
“Tom’s small shop sold lots of hot chocolate pots.”
“Tall Paul taught four warm dogs to walk by the shore.”
“Wanda watched Walter walk past the shop with a long, warm stopwatch.”
“Short dogs got lost on the long walk to the old forest.”


British Pronunciation Tips 

British Vowel Sound Masterclass – Lesson 3: What & Water Practice - The Short /ɒ/ and Long /ɔː/

THE POWER OF STORYTELLING

Great communicators take their audiences on a journey through storytelling, and Aristotle’s famous ‘Tell, Tell, Tell’ triptych is one of the most offered pieces of advice given to anyone hoping to become a good storyteller.

However, you don’t want to just follow the crowd, you want to stand-out and be remembered by your colleagues, your boss and your clients. So, I want to share with you an updated take on the 3-tells for the modern business era.

Firstly, share your conclusions with your audience. Start with the conclusion that you want the audience to remember. This lets them know what you are going to be communicating to them and provides a destination.

Secondly, show how and why you have reached your conclusion. This is the heart of your story and where you will spend most of your time. Because they already know the destination, this part of your presentation is more productive as your audience is already trying to convince themselves that your conclusions are correct.

Finally, tell them what you want them to do with your conclusion.

Listen to the podcast for even moe communication tips.

BizPod - The Business English Podcast

BizPod Episode 6 - Effective Communication

It describes the link between teenagers addiction to short videos (such as those on TikTok, Instagram and Youtube) and issues with sleep and social anxiety.

English Corner

Short Video Addiction Linked to Poor Sleep, Anxiety part 2

한국의 연예 기획사

한국의 연예 기획사들은 최근 몇 년간 K-팝의 세계적인 인기에 힘입어 빠르게 성장해 왔습니다. 하지만 최근 들어 여러 도전에 직면하고 있습니다
주요 기획사들의 주가 하락
2025년 들어 하이브, JYP엔터테인먼트, SM엔터테인먼트, YG엔터테인먼트 등 주요 4대 기획사의 시가총액 합계는 약 14조 7,551억 원으로, 연초 대비 12% 감소했습니다. 특히 JYP엔터의 주가는 19.2% 하락했으며, 하이브와 SM엔터의 주가도 각각 10.3%와 11.5% 하락했습니다. 이러한 하락은 코스피와 코스닥 지수의 하락률을 상회하는 수치입니다. ​
앨범 판매량 감소와 수익성 우려
최근 일부 아티스트들의 앨범 판매량이 감소하면서 수익성에 대한 우려가 제기되고 있습니다. 예를 들어, 2024년 11월 스트레이키즈와 에스파의 초동 물량이 감소한 데 이어, 2025년 1월 ITZY와 엔믹스의 초동 물량도 감소했습니다. 이러한 현상은 K-팝 전반에 대한 투자 심리를 악화시키는 요인으로 작용하고 있습니다. ​
해외 시장에서의 현지화 전략
수익성 확보를 위해 기획사들은 해외 시장에서의 현지화 전략에 집중하고 있습니다. JYP엔터는 일본 걸그룹 니쥬와 미국 걸그룹 VCHA를 데뷔시키며 현지 시장 공략에 나섰습니다. 또한, 하이브는 해외 레이블 인수를 통해 글로벌 음원 및 스트리밍 수익을 확대하고 있습니다. ​향후 전망
전문가들은 K-팝 산업이 현재의 어려움을 극복하고 지속적인 성장을 이어가기 위해서는 아티스트들의 활발한 활동과 새로운 시장 개척이 필요하다고 지적합니다. 특히, BTS와 블랙핑크 등 글로벌 인지도가 높은 그룹들의 활동 재개가 산업 전반에 긍정적인 영향을 미칠 것으로 예상됩니다. 또한, 4세대 아이돌 그룹인 뉴진스, 르세라핌, 에스파 등의 글로벌 시장에서의 활약도 주목됩니다결론적으로, 한국의 연예 기획사들은 현재 여러 도전에 직면해 있지만, 글로벌 시장에서의 적극적인 활동과 다양한 전략을 통해 새로운 기회를 모색하고 있습니다. 앞으로의 행보가 주목됩니다.


한국의 문화

한국의 연예 기획사

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Russian Library

A motivational story

Welcome to learn easy Thai with Kru sumon.  

Today we will learn how to speak Thai from a short conversation during a phone call.  This is a conversation between A and B. 

A : สวัสดีค่ะ  ขอสาย คุณแมรี่ ค่ะ
(sa-wad-dee kha , khor saai khun Mary kha)

B: รอซักครุ่ค่ะ ... ขอโทษนะคะ คุณแมรี่ ไม่อยุ่ค่ะ ให้โทรกลับมั้ยคะ
(ror sak khroo kha.  Khor tote na kha. Khun Mary mai yoo kha. Hai toe glap mai kha?)

A: ไม่เป็นไรค่ะ เดี๋ยวโทรมาใหม่
(mai bpen rai kha.  Diao toe maa mai)

This is a situation where A made a phone call and B picked up the phone. A is asking for Mary.
B. told A to wait and then inform that Mary is not in. 
B asked if A want Mary to call her back.
A said No.

From this conversation , we learn that :

When you make a phone call , and ask for some one. You will say
ขอสาย ...................  (khor saai ……………)
followed by the name of person

or you also can add one more word here 
ขอสาย .................. หน่อย  (khor saai……….. noi)
put Noi at the end to soften the sentence.


when you want someone to wait, you will say
รอซักครู่  (ror sak kroo)
= wait a moment , please

When you want to say “Sorry”, you will say
ขอโทษ  (khor tote)  = sorry

When you want to ask if the listener want the person to call him or her back, you will say
ให้โทรกลับมั้ย (hai toe glab mai?)  = Do you want (the person) to call you back?

If you want to refuse this question, you will say
ไม่เป็นไร  
Actually ไม่เป็นไร means , that’s fine. It doesn’t matter. I am ok.

When you want to say I will call back later, you will say
เดี๋ยวโทรกลับมาใหม่  (diao toe glab maa mai) = I will call back later.








