In this Episode I give you an introduction of who I am and my teaching career around the world, and what life experiences I have had. We also touch on what I liked about Saudi Arabia, China and Japan. 

Let's have a chat (Discussions In English) 

Episode 1 : Introduction (Who am I and what life experiences I have had?)

Necesito de tu ayuda. No lleve la lista del súper, pero recuerdo que me pediste unas cosas. ¿Me ayudas a recordar?

Habla con una amiga 

¿Qué me encargaste del supermercado?

Детские загадки с разбором сложных слов!

Говори как носитель

Загадки! 

Nihongo Hiyori | Japanese Podcast

[EP084] ポケモンの名前の由来 | The Origin of Pokémon Names

court podcast de mon avis sur le cinéma de hong kong :D 

Mon Opinion !

Le cinéma de Hong Kong

In the second episode of No Such Thing as a Synonym, we explore a common pair of adverbs: "nearly" and "almost".   

When you look up these words in a dictionary you’ll find they have virtually identical definitions. However, I want to let you in on a secret – the dictionary isn’t telling you the whole story.

In this episode, we’ll explore the pragmatic and subtle differences between the two words, including the difference between "nearly perfect" and "almost perfect" and why we don’t usually use "nearly" with emotions, as in "I felt nearly giddy with excitement".

Listen along to learn something new!

No Such Thing as a Synonym

02: Nearly & Almost

Nivel: A2. B1.

Tema: Es común confundir To Realize con el verbo REALIZAR porque el sonido es muy similar. Pero NO significan la misma cosa. Realizar es algo más del tipo To Do / To Make, pero en contexto.
Entonces.. ¿qué pasa con To Realize/Realise?. 

Ese es el tema hoy... en español decimos DARSE CUENTA.

DARSE CUENTA es verbo que conjugamos con los pronombres reflexivos. Pero hay algo más..., veamos estos ejemplos:
Me doy cuenta del sol brillante de hoy.
¿Te das cuenta del precio de esos zapatos?.
Ustedes se dan cuenta de ese olor... ¡hhmm!
Ellos se dan cuenta de que estudiar gramática es muy chévere.
Nosotros nos damos cuenta de que hay que escuchar el podcast para entender el punto.

El significado de DARSE CUENTA tienes más detallitos más allá de To Realize/Realise..., ¿listas.., listos?.., yo también. 

Gracias por compartir este audio y apoyar este proyecto. Los espero en clase : )
¡A escuchar¡
Rocío.-



Rocío en Español Podcast

14.  To Realize NO es REALIZAR. ¿Te DISTE CUENTA?

Hola a todos, en este episodio hablaremos sobre la fiesta de mi amigo. Les dejo algo de vocabulario que aparece en el audio:

Fiesta: party
Amigo: friend
Ayer: yesterday
Mejor amigo: best friend
Casa: house
Hacía mucho que no los veía: its been a while since I saw them
Fue una larga pandemia: the pandemic was long
Haber: to be (hay) 
Comida: food
Tacos: Mexican food
Carne: meat
Pollo: chicken
Cerdo: pork
Vegetales: vegatables
Vegetariano: vegetarian
Queso: cheese
Me gusta mucho: I like a lot
Salsa: sauce
Agua de limón: lemonade
Refresco: soda (you can also say soda, some parts of latin America do so)
Pastel: cake
Velas: candles
Encender: to light up (encendidas)
Cantar: to sing (cantamos)
Mañanitas: Mexican song we sing at birthday like happy birthday but longer. Look it up its really nice and traditional.
Apagar: turn of (apaga)
Aplaudir: to clap (aplaudimos)
Partir: to cut (partimos)
Mi favorito: my favorite
Música: music
Bailar: to dance (bailamos)
Divertirse: to have fun (divertí)

Please let me know what you think about this episode. See you nest time.
Por favor cuentenme que opinan de este episodio. Nos vemos la próxima.


Tomemos una taza de café 

Episodio 5 La fiesta de mi amigo (PRINCIPIANTES)

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YcohEGCWrcoUrAuLOiZcdW2QeddbXoGW0PKv6qOa4bE/edit?usp=sharing

International Tea Day is observed every year on May 21st and it aims to raise awareness of the long history and deep cultural and economic significance of Tea around the world. The idea is to promote and to somehow Implement activities in favour of promoting everything related to tea.

 International Tea Day has been celebrated for quite some time. It started off on December 15th in countries like India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, Indonesia and others across Africa such as Malaysia and Tanzania. The idea is to draw global attention to tea and to the global tea trade.

It has also been  linked to wanting more support to keep the cost of tea down. In 2015, the Indian Government proposed expanding the observance of International Tea today  by having some kind of intergovernmental group to discuss tea. They created something which led to big efforts to support the world's tea economy and in 2015, they had a big meeting in Milan to discuss the idea of an international Tea Day.  It then went to the United Nations. And that's how We managed to get International Tea Day on the 21st of May. Here's some very interesting facts about tea here in the UK:

The average British person drinks 876 cups of tea every single year. So, that's well over two cups a day if my calculations are right.

 And, apparently, for centuries, it was used only as a medicine. 

Tea was first introduced to Britain almost 400 years ago and was described, described as a Chinese drink because it first came from China.

A cup of tea has become native to British culture. It's the number one choice for British people and herbal teas are also very popular these days. 
