This podcast is for people from all walks of life who want to hear a little more about the English language in shorter soundbytes...up to 10 minutes per episode. 


English in 60 Seconds

This is a channel for story time. 
Karen will read stories that cover a range of topic and challenges that cover issues in today's world. 
Karen has written some of the stories, but not all . 

Pocket Rainbow

I have created this channel for beginners to practise listening and repeating after me. I will include the vocab for each podcast for you. 

I do NOT teach beginners, but am happy to teach this. 

Beginners 

🎙️ 1. Let’s Listen – Can You Hear the Difference?

First, let’s listen to these three words:

자다 (to sleep)
차다 (to kick)
짜다 (to be salty)

Now, let’s pronounce them slowly one more time:
자–다 / 차–다 / 짜–다

Can you hear the difference?

The key difference lies in the intensity of the sound and the movement of the mouth.

🧠 2. The Pronunciation Principle – What’s Going On?

Let’s break it down:

ㅈ (j) – Voiced sound
Your lips and tongue lightly touch, and then the sound is released softly.
You don’t blow out air forcefully.
👉 Examples: jada (to sleep), juiceu (juice), jihacheol (subway)

ㅊ (ch) – Aspirated sound
The tongue blocks the airflow, and then strong air bursts out as the sound is released.
👉 Examples: chada (to kick), chima (skirt), chokollit (chocolate)

ㅉ (jj) – Tense (fortis) sound
It’s much tighter and stronger than ㅈ.
You need to slightly tense your vocal cords and use more pressure with your lips and tongue.
👉 Examples: jjada (salty), jjok (side), jjigae (stew)

📌 In short:
ㅈ – Normal
ㅊ – Strong and breathy
ㅉ – Very tense and tight

💡 3. Pronunciation Practice – Repeat After Me

Let’s try these sets of words together. Repeat after me:

자 / 차 / 짜
조 / 초 / 쪼
줄 / 출 / 쭐

The more you practice,
the more your mouth and ears will get used to the differences!

If you’d like, I can also provide an audio version of this script, or help you record practice drills. Let me know!

한국어 발음 연습

한국어 ㅈ / ㅊ / ㅉ 발음 

En este episodio te muestro un breve ejemplo de como usar el gerundio en tu hablar diario

Español con Yasmira

Estar+gerundio

山梨（やまなし）県民は「富士山は山梨のものだ！」とよく言いますね。確かに東京からアクセスがいいので、山梨県側から登る人が多いです。けれども、関西人は静岡（しずおか）から登るので、山梨は富士山の「裏側（うらがわ）」だと思っていました。よく考えたら、富士五湖（ふじごこ）も、あちらですね。大変失礼いたいました。今年の富士山は、かなり混雑（こんざつ）していて、オーバーツーリズム気味（ぎみ）です。おもにそういった話と、ワインの話をちょっぴり。名産ですからね。

そうそう、ChatGPTに話し相手の基本設定入れたら、ハルカちゃんのキャラ変がはげしくて、ツンツンするようになったので、元にもどしました。お話の中で口調（くちょう）がブレてるのは、そのせいです。笑ってやってください。今回も新しいデータ出せなくて、まごまごしてます。Bing（Microsoft）ねえさんは、優秀（ゆうしゅう）だ。見習え！
スクリプトは⁠こちら⁠。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/9-115fc37815b8408f810bbfeab7a68934?pvs=4
楽しみ方は⁠こちら⁠を見てください。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/S2-1114d60c575442768615bc975767fd41?pvs=4
涼しくなったら、ワイン飲みたいなあ。
じゃあ、またね。

すずまりの日本語「きき耳ずきん」S2

第９話　富士山はだれのもの？（山梨）

Impariamo cos'è la dizione e perché è così importante.

ItaliAnto (L'italiano con Antonella)

Cos'è la dizione italiana?

标准汉语会话360句 book1-4 Standard Chinese conversation 360 sentences

王濬争功

🎧
Duración: 9 minutos
Hablamos sobre algunos aspectos del empleo, te contamos nuestras perspectivas y algunas vivencias. 

Mucho que decir

El empleo 🎧

¡Hola a todos! Bienvenidos al primer episodio de nuestro podcast. Soy Jenny, y hoy vamos a aprender sobre los 10 verbos más importantes en Español. Estos verbos son fundamentales para poder comunicarte mejor, así que ¡a darle!


Tu camino hacia el Español con Jenny

LOS 10 VERBOS MÁS IMPORTANTES EN ESPAÑOL

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oM7sziUXE8M-3efSRFppDQ1erMLb00sN/view?usp=drivesdk