In today's episode, I'm talking about the similarities between Sinhala grammar's 'ද' and the Chinese question particle '吗' in Chinese. Tune in to discover how these languages handle questions! 

Sinhala corner 

ද 和吗语气词一样吗？

In this episode, we explore why it is important to understand and embrace your motivation for learning a new language. (Hint: It's different for everyone!)

Motivation Monday

Validating Your Language Learning Experience

Miten puhua helpolla suomella työkaverin kanssa, joka hakee tulostamansa paperin? Tässä podcastin jaksossa pohdin työpaikalla tapahtuvaa rupattelua. Rupatellaan siis yhdessä!

Tässä jaksossa mietin helpolla suomella mitä sanoa nopeasti työkaverille ja kertoa enemmän esimerkiksi vapaa-ajan menoistaan.

Alla linkki maksulliseen artikkeliin, jossa käsitellään rupattelua työpaikalla, sillä tuoreen tutkimuksen mukaan epämuodollinen rupattelu työkavereiden kanssa lisää työ­tyytyväisyyttä ja voi auttaa työskentelemään tehokkaammin.
Linkki Helsingin Sanomien artikkeliin (tilaajille): https://www.hs.fi/hyvinvointi/art-2000009370472.html 

Easy suomi Anna-Marian kanssa

Easy suomi: 4.jakso Epämuodollinen juttelu työpaikalla

Dzisiaj na warsztat biorę Adama Mickiewicza i jego spuściznę i zastanawiam się czy w dalszym ciągu Mickiewicz jest ważny dla polskiej kultury. 



Polish culture podcast

Adam Mickiewicz

In questo podcast vi parlerò un po' di me stessa e del mio carattere. Parlerò di quanto sia importante scegliere ed essere liberi, ci sono anche nuovi termini che sicuramente non conoscete. Spero che vi faccia riflettere e aspetto i vostri commenti.

Ascolta e impara con Anna

Decisioni e libertà

In last week's podcast episode, you learned how to learn a new language.  You heard that learning a new language should be more than just a means to an end. Of course, learning a new language will help you achieve other goals, but the process of learning a new language can be fun, rewarding, and beneficial in many ways.

Tune in to this week’s episode to learn more about using "a means to an end” and seven more English phrases and idioms. You'll also get some homework at the end so you can continue to improve your English communication skills. Tune in to continue building your English vocabulary with new idioms and phrases! 

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/english-vocabulary/.

See infographics for this episode at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/_created/.

Episode originally published October 13, 2020.

Express to Impress

Learning New English Vocabulary

In this episode of "الأكل بِالعَرَبية-Food in Arabic", we discover the perfect remedy for staying cool and refreshed – watermelon! Join us as we delve into the juicy goodness of this beloved summer fruit, exploring its unique flavor, benefits, and the ways to consume it.

Food in Arabic الأَكل بِالعَرَبِيَّة

Watermelon البِطِّيخ

What do professional coaches do right before a game starts? That's right - they will try their best to ramp up the spirits of athletes. They will tell stories, tell jokes, maybe get angry or shout if they have to. Why? To create a certain state of mind in the heads of those boys and girls with which they'll achieve the goal! 

The missing element in IELTS preparation is the word Attitude! Listen to the ideas in this audio and move into Episode 3 to discuss The Magic of Positive Attitude.

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Preparation. The speaking Part, The Missing Element

In this episode we will talk about 【China's social media】, you will learn how to say 【social media，software，search engine】 ect. 
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
Step 1: Gist listening. Listen to get the main idea. (more times if necessary)
Step 2: Check the script and learn new words. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can then retell the story.
Step 4: Write down what you hear if you want to practise writing.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想给大家介绍一下中国的社交媒体。
开始之前，我先让大家猜一下这几个名字分别是国外的哪个社交媒体。第一个、脸书；第二个、抖音；第三个、推特；第四个、油管。揭晓答案啦！第一个、脸书是facebook，face是脸，book是书，很直接的翻译。第二个、抖音是tiktok，在tiktok出现之前，中国就有抖音了。可以说tiktok是抖音的国际版本，不过这两个软件的内容是独立的，你在tiktok看不到抖音上的视频。第三个，推特是twitter，这个是按照发音翻译的。第四个、油管是youtube，这个翻译很有意思，you像汉字“油”的发音，tube中文是管，所以是发音加意思的翻译。你可能会问，instagram中文叫什么？其实没有中文的翻译，我们一般就叫ins。
那我们正式开始介绍中国的社交媒体软件吧。像脸书这样可以跟你认识的家人朋友们一起互动的软件，中国应该就是微信了。不过说起微信，它现在可不是一个简单的社交媒体软件，我们生活的方方面面都离不开它。除了用来和家人朋友，甚至是工作相关的人聊天，以及发照片视频分享自己的日常，我们也用来叫外卖，订酒店机票，预约医生等等。
抖音大家应该很熟悉了，跟tiktok差不多，用来看短视频。现在除了抖音，大家也经常在微信的“视频号”看短视频。跟推特类似的中国软件叫微博，很多年轻人喜欢在上面发表自己的想法。像油管一样可以看长视频的软件我们也有，叫bilibili，也叫b站。那像ins一样的软件有没有呢？当然有，这个软件叫小红书。在小红书你可以查到各种各样的信息，所以对年轻人来说，小红书也像一个搜索引擎。顺便说一下，国外最常用的搜索引擎是谷歌，也就是google，在中国我们一般用百度。
你每天用得最多的社交软件是什么？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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社交/shè jiāo/socialize
媒体/méi tǐ/media
猜/cāi/guess
分别/fēn bié/respectively
揭晓/jiē xiǎo/reveal
答案/dá àn/answer
翻译/fān yì/translation
版本/bǎn běn/version
独立/dú lì/independent
按照/àn zhào/according to; base on
发音/fā yīn/pronunciation
管子/guǎn zi/tube
互动/hù dòng/interact
软件/ruǎn jiàn/software
分享/fēn xiǎng/share
预约/yù yuē/reservation
类似/lèi sì/similar
查/chá/check
搜索/sōu suǒ/search
引擎/yǐn qíng/engine