"Invest in yourself." This is something we often hear from motivational speakers but we probably also heard that from our teachers, parents and friends. Perhaps, it is because of the fact that YOU are your best investment, whether it is with knowledge or skills. In this podcast, I will be sharing three principles of personal development.

FLO TALKS 

THREE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT TIPS

This podcast episode is all about the importance of building up on your vocabulary skills. I've looked at the topic from different language skills, like reading, listening, speaking etc. You can book a lesson with me if you want to hear more about this subject and enjoy a lesson altogether! 

All About English and How You Learn It!

Why It's Crucial to Improve Your Repertoire of Words

Turkish Dictation Exercises with Basak

Exercise 1

Sample answers to this question: 
1. Short and Simple

My parents gave me my name. It comes from Persian and means “sweet.”

2. Personal Story

My grandmother chose my name because she wanted me to have a name that reminded her of her favorite flower. It’s from Latin, and it means “rose.”

3. Cultural Background

My parents named me after a famous poet from our country. My name is Arabic in origin and means “hope.”

4. Sentimental Reason

My mother gave me my name because it was the same as her best friend’s. The name is from Greek and means “light.”

5. Family Tradition

My father chose my name because it has been used for many generations in our family. It comes from Hebrew and means “peace.”

6. Modern Twist

My name was chosen by my parents after a character in a book they loved. It’s originally an English name and means “protector.”


Shirin English Podcast

Who gave you your name?

In dieser Episode spreche ich über den Abschied und meine erste Wohnung in Japan und was mich daran eigentlich am meisten überrascht hat.

Aju no doitsugo: Persönliche Geschichten in Japan

Meine erste Wohnung in Japan 

Hello and welcome to ArabicLights, your channel to learn the Arabic language. This is an intermediate article for practicing reading and listening to Arabic articles. This article in Arabic about expressing feelings, crying for men and women, and when feeling sad or overwhelmed about what they do.

الرَّجلُ لا يبكي، جملةٌ كثيرًا ما يوجِّـهُـهَا الأبُ والأمُّ لأطفالِهمُ الذُّكورَ حـيـنَ يواجِهونَ مشكلةً بسيطةً في حياتِهمُ اليوميَّة. الرجلُ القويُّ، لا يعبُّرُ عن مشاعرهِ ولا يبكِي، أما العاطفةُ فهي للنِساءِ، فهنَّ الأكثرُ حَساسِيةً و«دَمْعَتُهُنَّ قَرِيبةٌ» جدًا. الحقيقةُ أنَّ الرجلَ أيضاً كائـنٌ عاطفيٌّ بِامْتِياز، وأنَّ مَشاعرَهُ موجودةٌ وقويةٌ وحاضِرَة، لكنَّ المُجْتَمعَ يَـحـولُ دُونَ التعبيرِ عنها. الرجلُ عاطفيٌ، ولابدَّ أنْ يُـعَـبِّـرَ عن مشاعرهِ وإنْ لم يفعلْ؛ سيُؤَثِـرُ ذلكَ عليهِ بشكلٍ سلبيٍّ.   

صَحِيفَةُ «لُوفِيجَارُو» الفَرَنسِيَّة ناقشتْ الموضوعَ وتكلَّمتْ فيه مُطوََلاً وأشارتْ إلى أنَّ كثيرًا من الآباءِ اليومَ يمارسونَ الأدوارَ التي قامت بها الأمّهاتُ في السابقِ، من الاعـتِـنَـاءِ بالأطفالِ واللعبِ معهم وتغييرِ ملابسهمْ وإطعامِهم. إذ لا فروقَ جوهريةَ بينَ الرَّجلِ والمرأةِ ولكنَّ الرجالَ يـتحـفَّظونَ عن إعلانِ مشاعرِهم. ليسَ صحيحًا أنَّ الرجالَ يبكونُ فقط في ملاعبِ الكرةِ حينَ ينتَصِرونَ أو يُـخْـفِـقُونَ، لكنَّ المشاعرَ حاضرةٌ في كلِّ مـجالاتِ الحياة اليوميةِ، المشاعرُ لا مفرَّ منها.

In this article, you learn how to say cry in Arabic, how to express feeling in the Arabic language.

Arabic (Modern Standard) Texts with Aymaro - Level A2 - C1 - *نصوص عربية مع إيمارو

Man doesn’t cry - how to express feeling in Arabic Level B2 - Articles in Arabic - الرجل لا يبكي

In this episode, we'll practice 3 forms of the same verb in Russian. I want you to understand how these verbs work from the context. At the same time, you can listen and imitate what I say. It will help you to improve your pronunciation. Enjoy!

Below, I leave all sentences we're going to practice. 

Я смотрю телевизор каждый день.
Вчера я тоже смотрел телевизор.
Я уже посмотрел этот фильм.
Я гуляю каждый день.
Вчера я тоже гулял с моей собакой.
Я уже погулял.
Я пишу письма моей бабушке.
Раньше я писал стихи
Я уже написал все слова в тетрадь.
Я читаю каждый день по-немногу
Вчера я тоже читал
 уже прочитал эту книгу.
Я мою посуду вечером.
Я мыл посуду и готовил ужин.
Я уже помыл всю посуду и наконец могу отдохнуть.
Я бегаю по утрам.
Вчера я тоже бегал в парке.
Я пробежал 15 километров.
Я хожу каждый день в лес.
Раньше я всегда ходил в лес дышать свежим воздухом.
Вчера я пошёл в лес и там никого не было.
Я играю с моим младшим братом.
Я уже поиграл с моим братом.
Я звоню моей маме каждый день.
Вчера я звонил моей маме и мы долго говорили по телефону.
Я уже позвонил моей маме и мы уже поговорили.

Russian for daily life with Lena 📖💫

Practice verbs in Russian with me.

Fewer young people in the US are vaping this year than at any point in the last decade, government officials have reported.

The latest survey numbers show the teen vaping rate fell to under 6% this year, down from 7.7% in 2023. More than 1.6 million students aged between 11 and 18 reported vaping in the previous month — about one-third the number in 2019, when underage vaping peaked.

Brian King from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the decline was good news but added: "There's clearly more work to do to further reduce youth use."

It is illegal for a retailer to sell any tobacco product to anyone aged under 21.

King and other officials noted that the drop in vaping hasn't led to an increase in the use of other tobacco industry products, such as nicotine pouches.

Sales of small, flavored pouches like Zyn have increased among adults. The pouches come in flavors like mint and cinnamon and slowly release nicotine when placed behind the lips. This year's US survey shows 1.8% of teens are using them, which is about the same percentage as last year.

The survey involved more than 29,000 students, who completed an online questionnaire in the spring.

Officials from the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attributed the big drop in vaping to recent age restrictions and more aggressive enforcement against retailers and manufacturers, including Chinese vaping companies who have sold their e-cigarettes illegally in the US for years.

Use of the most popular e-cigarette among teens, Elf Bar, fell 36% in the wake of FDA warning letters to stores and distributors selling the brightly colored vapes, which come in flavors like watermelon ice and peach mango.

Nearly 90% of the students who vape used flavored products, with fruit flavors the most popular.

In 2020, FDA regulators banned fruit and candy flavors from reusable e-cigarettes like Juul. 