While mindfully learning English or any other language, define your start and end points: 
- What is your level now? 
- What is your aim? 
- What is the distance between starting and ending points? 
- How SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound) is your goal? 

Measure your abilities:
- What can you do? 
- How long does it usually take for me to learn a foreign language? 
- How busy are you now? 

Make a plan. There is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time. How about booking a 30 min trial class and discussing the plan with a teacher? This is the first tiny step on a long road to start. My name is Angelina, and I am the italki language tutor. Welcome to contact me if you need some help.

Mindful English

Mindful English Day 2

Mi amigo Martin y yo hablamos sobre Turquía y cómo es la cultura del café aquí.
Mira al perfil de Martín para mas episodios interesantes: 
https://www.italki.com/teacher/5211013  

Turkishized

El Cafe Turco 

みなさんはHIPHOPが好きですか？今回は好きなラッパーについて話していきます。みなさんの好きなラッパーも教えてください！

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:17 Kendrick Lamar
2:45 Vince Staples
4:28 NAS
6:32 BOOT CAMP CLIK
8:18 The Diplomats
10:23 Griselda
14:33 Coke Boys/Harry Fraud
17:12 Curren$y

☆語彙
性（しょう）に合（あ）う
孤高（ここう）
馴（な）れ合（あ）い
異質（いしつ）
煌（きら）びやか
ずば抜（ぬ）けている
忠実（ちゅうじつ）
最適解（さいてきかい）
察（さっ）しがつく

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

“Who is your favorite rapper?/ 普通の日本人Aが好きなラッパー”

Hello, this is a special episode with my friend Payman in which we talk about AI and ChatGpt and it's implications for language learners...

Kev's English Podcast

Kev's English Podcast: Episode 10: What I think about ChatGPT

🎙 The Shame Loop — When Confidence Collapses in English

You don’t sound small in English because you lack words —
you sound small because you carry shame.

This episode of The Woman Behind the Words isn’t about fixing English.
It’s about understanding what happens inside when your confident self disappears the moment you speak.

You’ll hear a story, a truth, and a reframe that might help you reconnect with the voice you thought you’d lost.

💭 Because confidence isn’t a skill — it’s self-trust under pressure.

What if your next breakthrough in English isn’t about learning more — but about trusting yourself more?

“The Pro Behind the Words” - You don’t need new words. You need the REAL YOU who speaks them.

🎧 The Shame Loop / The Woman Behind The Words Podcast Series

To and for are some of the most common prepositions in English—you see them everywhere, in almost every sentence. That’s what makes it so frustrating to get them mixed up; after all, the for and to difference isn’t exactly easy to understand.

Word pairings that use to:
access to
addiction/addicted to
attraction/attracted to
change to
contribute to
dedicate/dedication to
new to
react/reaction to
refer/reference to
respond/response to
threat to
transition to
to some extent
to [someone’s] surprise
to [someone’s] face
to this day
Common phrasal verbs with to:

get around to
get down to
get to
look up to
see to
Word pairings that use for
advertise/advertisement for
approval for
argue/argument for
care for
cure for
hunger/hungry for
pay for
recipe for
room for
search for
study for
talent for
thirst/thirsty for
for a living
for a while
for free
for good
for now
for sale
for starters
for sure
for the best
for the record
for the time being
Common phrasal verbs with for:

go for
look for
look / watch out for

Dusty's LETS TALK!

To vs. For: What’s the Difference?

Learn Thai by Kru Jane 

Thai Podcast 5/2025 (เดือน)

In this episode my mom teaches me how to make blueberry pie, my childhood favorite, step by step. You can expect to learn a lot of new cooking-related vocabulary and phrasal verbs. And then, if you’re able to follow the recipe, you may even want to try baking the pie yourself!

***For English learners! – Detailed vocabulary lesson begins at 30:04***

***Full transcript available ⁠at https://american-idiom.com/f/002-making-a-blueberry-pie⁠***

Episode Outline:

Background information about pies in American culture (Starts at 2:10)
Choosing and preparing your blueberries (Starts at 2:46)
Making a pie crust (Starts at 6:52)
Making a decorative edge for your pie crust (Starts at 18:40)
Preparing your berry mixture and finishing your pie (Starts at 21:23)
Making a streusel crust to top the pie (Starts at 25:49)
Baking and serving instructions (Starts at 26:58)

Vocabulary and examples (Starts at 30:04)

To end up (used at 6:07, 13:22 and 29:02 and explained at 30:28)
To rinse off (used at 6:17 and 6:37 and explained at 32:30)
To wear out (used at 15:38 and explained at 34:05)
To look the part (used at 18:53 and explained at 35:17)
As is (used at 29:04 and explained at 38:21)

Note on native shortcuts (Starts at 40:07)

***A written recipe for the blueberry pie can also be found at ⁠american-idiom.com⁠ at the bottom of ⁠the following page: https://american-idiom.com/f/002-making-a-blueberry-pie***

Brentoni's English Podcast

002 Making a Blueberry Pie

lesson on italki 
https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/9451959/japanese

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ccr9nwq8ytV

https://linktr.ee/atsushi_japanese

こんばんは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

さっき、北海道に帰ってきました！
大阪と違って、まだちょっと寒いですね。

今日は、日本の国内を長距離を移動する時は、国内の格安航空会社を使うのがオススメかもしれない、という話をします。

日本では格安航空会社のことをLCCといいます。これはlow cost carrier の略ですね。英語だとBudget airlineと言うみたいですね。LCCという言葉はどこで作られたのか気になりますが。とりあえず、LCCでチケットを買うのが良いと思います。

		ピーチ・アビエーション
		ジェットスター
		バニラエア
		春秋航空
		スカイマーク
		エア・ドゥ
		ソラシドエア
		スターフライヤー

などがあります。もしかしたら今はないものもあるかもしれないです。

航空券は安い分、サービスはかなり限定的です。
席の指定、ドリンクやフード、7キロ以上の荷物の持ち込みなどは有料です。そういうサービスがいらない人は、料金をおさえられるのでとても良いと思います。

ぼくが良く使っているのはジェットスターです。

https://www.jetstar.com/us/en/home

北海道の新千歳空港から、大阪の関西空港に移動する時に使っています。シーズンによりますが、¥5,000ぐらいで片道のチケットを買うことができます。有料のサービスを使わない時にそれぐらいの料金になります。

飛行機の移動時間は2時間ぐらいなので、新幹線よりも早いですね。移動時間も楽しいですが、さっと短時間で移動したい方にはオススメです。

ちなみに、知っている人も多いと思いますが、海外の方はJR rail passという新幹線を日数限定で乗り放題できるサービスがありますね。

JAPAN RAIL PASS

これはかなりいいサービスだと思います。日本人は残念ながら使えない…、海外のみなさん、うらやましい！

ということで、少し話がそれましたが、LCCのことを知らなかった方は、ぜひホームページなどで調べてみてください。長距離の移動の時はとても便利ですよ！

ということで、今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！

ではまた！