Hi, and welcome back to Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates with Teacher Alyse!
Today, we’re going on an adventure to learn words that start with the letter R. Are you ready? Listen carefully, repeat after me, and then try reading them on your own.
Rat, raisins, robin, roses, reindeer, rooster, rabbit, raccoon, raspberries, raven, rhinoceros, rattlesnake.
Great job!  Keep practicing, and if you’d like free flashcards to follow along, send me a message. You can also watch this Super Simple Songs Captain Seasalt video on YouTube to learn even more!
See you next time—bye for now!


Captain Sesalt & The ABC Pirates

Letter R

When someone asks you 'Did you touch a fish in your job today?', what do they mean by that? Come and find out in this episode.

Shay的中文小课堂

Idioms and Slangs Episode8-摸鱼

🗣️ Awaken Your Voice, Heal Your Language Learning Journey 

Have you ever heard the sound of your own voice and felt... transformed?

Reading aloud isn't just about pronunciation drills or fluency practice. It's about embodiment. When you read aloud, you're not only learning a language — you're tapping into breathwork, emotional clarity, vocal confidence, and body awareness.

🌿 Learn how to:

Strengthen your memory and articulation

Train your intonation and expression

Connect with your inner calm and release stress

Heal through sound resonance in your chest and throat

Boost your confidence with every word spoken aloud

Join me on this unique journey — let your voice be the bridge between language and self-awareness. Book a session with me and let’s read aloud to fluency, power, and peace. 🎙️

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 70 - Speak, Heal, Learn: Finding Your Voice Through Reading Out Loud

There are many factors that influence language learning such as a student's age, personality and environment. In today's podcast, we will talk about three factors that affect a student's language learning progress namely motivation, learner's environment and and student's personality.

FLO TALKS 

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE  LANGUAGE LEARNING

Es una expresión que usamos en nuestra vida diaria, ¿la conoces? 

Expresiones en español

El pez que se muerde la cola

 الارقام numbers :

- one   واحِدْ
- two  جُوج 
- tree تْلاَتة 
- four  اربعَة 
- five  خمْسَة
- six  سْتَة
- seven  سْبعة 
- eghit  تْمَنية 
- nine  تسْعُود
- ten  عشْرَة
َ

Darija with karima 

الارقام بالدارجة المغربية من 1 إلى 10 مع الأمثلة 

✕この店でせめて8000円ぐらいです。
これはおかしな文です。”せめて”は at least なので『at least 8000円ぐらい』
英語にすると、The products in this store cost at least 8,000 yen.でOKかな？と思いますが、まちがいです。
”せめて”は「お願い」や「～てほしい」「ルール」などの時に使います。
"At least" is used in situations expressing "request",  "desire,wish, hope" or “ rule”.


・お願い
A：今日は食べ物全部売り切れました。
B：え！？せめて小さいオニギリでもないですか...？

・～てほしい（そうなったらいいなぁ）
A：今日のバスケットボールの試合、全然スタートメンバーがいないな。
B：ああ、せめて山田がいたらいいんだけど... 

・ルール
A：800円持って行ったけど、何も食べられなかったよ。
B：あのレストランに行くんだったら、せめて1500円は持って行かないといけないよ。


事実（じじつ）の事で”せめて”は使えません。
"You can't use 'at least' for matters of fact."

✕この店はせめて1000円のものがあります。
〇この店は安い物で1000円の商品があります。
〇この店で一番安い商品は1000円ぐらいです。
〇この店の商品は最低（さいてい）でも1000円はします。


洋平先生　N3～N2クラスの生徒へ　(^^♪

せめて≒at least　

In this episode, I explain how to ask your friends "You good? Are you bored?" in Japanese. There are some cultural differences between Japanese and English. 

Takeshi's 2 minutes Japanese!

How to say "Are you bored?" in Japanese without offending anyone!

・気取らない人、気取っている人について
・東北地方の方言「えふりこぎ」とは？
・意味と使用例の紹介「あいつぁ　えふりこぎ　だなぁ」⇒「あいつは　気取り屋だな」
・東北地方の人は比較的よく使う言葉なので覚えよう
・まとめ