Does your country borrow words from English?

The Social Evolutionary

Spanish Plum Cake... With NO Plums?

Natural Nihongo Chat

がんばってね！という言葉

うれぴい。80年代に大流行りした言い方。意味は「嬉しい」てこと。雑音あるから、気をつけてね。

It’s like a cute, old-fashioned way of saying “I’m happy.”
Sorry about the background noise in the recording.

Scripted videos on my Youtube channel👇
https://youtu.be/H9iC88lxD8E?si=yV1bP9-UT0lVjDua

おばばのTAWAGOTO [A Middle-Aged Woman's Ramblings] Loose thoughts about Japanese,teaching,and everyday life.

うれぴい

Il a chanté My ability lors de la cérémonie d'ouverture des Jeux Paralympiques de Paris.
Grâce à sa magnifique interprétation, il s'est fait connaître du grand public.

Découvrez un peu sa vie dans ce podcast.

Cliquez sur les liens pour découvrir ses chansons :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCw6wvro6K8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dab-fO7QiBY

Nouvelles de France

Un artiste français : Lucky Love

We’ve been told that positivity is the key to learning a language. But what if the opposite is true? In Episode 94 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, I explore how pessimism—or clear-eyed realism—can actually make you calmer, happier, and more consistent in your studies. By accepting limits, releasing the struggle for perfection, and embracing mistakes as inevitable, you may find more freedom and even more fluency. Listen now and discover the bright side of gloom in your language journey.

Which part of “pessimism as freedom” resonates most with your language learning?

Facing reality and acting for its own sake?

Accepting limits and stopping the struggle?

Embracing failure as non-destructive?

Using defensive pessimism to prepare better?

Episode 94 challenges the idea that positivity is the only path to language learning success. Instead, we explore how pessimism—rooted in reality and acceptance—can set you free. Facing reality helps you value learning for its own sake rather than for a distant fantasy. Accepting limits reduces stress and allows you to appreciate small wins. Embracing failure as inevitable removes the fear of mistakes, and defensive pessimism turns anxiety into thorough preparation. Research in intrinsic motivation (Deci & Ryan), acceptance-based coping strategies, and defensive pessimism (Norem) shows that this approach can reduce stress, improve memory, and keep you consistent. The episode concludes with an invitation to stop bracing for perfection and instead find joy in the imperfect but deeply worthwhile present of learning.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 94 - (ง ◉ _ ◉)ง Do you have what it takes to be a pessimist? How it can help you learn a language.

Češi houby opravdu milují. Kde se to vzalo?

Czech Easily: Slow & Easy

17. Země hub

Nuevo episodio sobre el lunfardo en donde seguimos aprendiendo expresiones y palabras. Te cuento el significado de vender gato por liebre, dar bola, changa, fiaca, morfar y quilombo.

Porteña

Lunfardo Vol 2.3

3minutes listening practice 3分钟听力练习

CHAO's HSK Listening Capsule（Advanced）|A Daily Dose to Sharpen Your Ears|CHAO的HSK听力胶囊（高级）

CHAO‘s HSK Listening Capsule（Advanced）HSK5-1 我的晨间习惯My morning routine

The topic for today's podcast is about personal branding. Something that I have learned from the podcast of Angely. Personal branding is very important whether you are a small business, a solopreneur or a big enterprise. I hope that you guys learn something from this podcast.