Most people use a lot of technology these days, but is it making less people less sociable - do they interact less with other people? Today, Nick gives you some ideas for this question on the IELTS test. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Is technology making people less sociable?

This episode focuses on words which can be used to replace basic English terms like SCARED and LAUGHED. 

The Amplify English Podcast

Synonyms for the word SCARED and LAUGHED

Je te parle de mes activités ce week-end. 

Transcription complète, traduction en anglais et en russe, questions de compréhension
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12GTOegcmUieLaLXCj6tT07i6m7NFHqnnPapzbqGHBcc/edit 

N'oublie pas de programmer un cours de conversation avec moi pour discuter de ce podcast et pour apprendre à parler français avec confiance. 

En français avec Victoria

Un long week-end. 

Juntos

Que tengas un feliz año… y mucho subjuntivo

nside a dimly lit cave, a group of people sit huddled around glowing amphoras. These vessels are no ordinary pottery; they're meticulously painted with images of legendary wrestlers, engaged in eternal combat. The flickering light from a small fire casts these images onto the walls, animating the wrestlers in a primitive, captivating dance of shadows.



The cave's inhabitants watch these images, interpreting the epic battles as the ultimate expression of wrestling. They debate the techniques, celebrate the victories, and mourn the defeats, all from the moving images on the amphoras. To them, these representations are the entirety of wrestling—there is no world beyond the wrestlers on the pottery.


Nikostratos, ever the curious and skeptical cat, notices a sliver of light peeking through a crack in the cave wall. The murals and their tales don't satisfy his curiosity. One day, driven by a particularly pungent smell of the outside world—a mix of fresh earth and sweat—he finds a loose stone and wiggles his way through the crack.

Everything Zenified 

Wrestling, skeptical Cats, and Allegory of the Cave

Diverse representation matters in books, movies, and toys as an important part of a child's development. This episode will help you to assess and improve the representation in your compassionate classroom.

Teaching Compassion

Representation in the Classroom

飛行機(ひこうき)の事故(じこ)：かなしいとき、どうればいい？
The airplane accident:What should we do when we're sad?
비행기 사고 ： 슬플때 어떻게 하면 좋을까?

こんにちは！日本語教師(にほんごきょうし)のNANAです👩‍🏫
Hello! I'm Japanese teacher NANA 
안녕하세요! 일본어강사 나나입니다

●YOUTUBEに英語、韓国語の字幕ver.があります
English, Korean Subtitles on YOUTUBE
유튜브에는 영어, 한국어 자막이 있습니다
https://www.youtube.com/@nanasensei777

NANAのにほんごpodcast 

飛行機(ひこうき)の事故(じこ)：かなしいとき、どうればいい？The airplane accident:What should we do when we're sad?

Practice all 5 E sounds in British English with targeted exercises and tongue twisters. This lesson revisits the long and short E, the distinctive /ɜː/ sound that gives Southern British accents their signature "posh" quality, and the tricky /eɪ/ diphthong. Perfect for anyone looking to refine their British pronunciation through hands-on practice.

Transcript: 
Long e /iː/: protein - Japanese - guarantee - committee - serene - believe, receive, degree, theme, scheme, 
Short  /ɪ/.:   English, pretty, bucket, pocket, started,  helmet, velvet, secret, women, gifted 
Short e:  bed, get, end, ever, ten, red, lend, help, next, step, send, tell, men, check  

Minimal pairs: 
bet / beat
met / meet 
pet / Pete
sec / seek
stem / steam
breath / breathe
/ɜː/: her, term, serve, learn, fern, verse, perk, stern, mercy, permanent 

Tongue twisters: 
Her perfect purple purse was purchased in the service of a merchant.
The poet’s verse was first rehearsed in the perfect church.
The stern clerk served the fresh herbs with perfect purpose.
Myrtle curled her fingers around the purple purse, sure it was hers.
The surgeon gave a stern service to every patient with perfect care.

/eɪ/ : hey, great, eight, neighbour, they, vein, prey, weigh, rein, obey. 

Sequence: 
bed – bid  – bade 
met  – mitt  – mate 
pen – pin – pain 
sell – sill – sail 
get – git – gait


British Pronunciation Tips 

British Vowel Sound Masterclass: Lesson 8: The E - Practice 

En este episodio hablamos de gramática, en él te cuento un error muy común entre los nativos, el leísmo y otros dos, que, aunque no son tan comunes, también ocurren. También comento un saludo que se ha hecho viral en España gracias a un cantante.

Espero que como siempre lo encuentres útil, si es así no te olvides de dejar una valoración de este podcast.

Dime también qué piensas del episodio, y de los pronombres objeto, ¿te han dado problemas alguna vez? ¿Te los siguen dando? Si quieres entenderlos mejor y saber más sobre ellos aquí te dejo el curso que he creado.