The amount of courses and teachers promising and encouraging you to speak like a native is overwhelming! But is that or should it be the ultimate goal? I discuss this, giving mine as well others' points of view on this subject.

British English with Maria

To speak like a native or not  - that is the question!

lessen and repeat the sounds of the alphapets and words 

ADEL ALBANNA: A PROFISSIONAL ARABIC TEACHER

Similar sounds in Arabicc Alphapete practice

Aprende unas expresiones relacionadas a la Navidad y al Año Nuevo.

Super Basic Spanish

Aprende Español: Expresiones Festivas (Navidad)

Hoy vuelvo a hablar de comida. Un platazo delicioso digno de cualquier estudiante con ínfulas de cocinero. Y también de pimientos de Padrón. Una maravilla de capítulo, vaya. Que lo disfrutéis tanto como disfruté yo los espaguetis.

PD: 
Ínfula: sust. vanidad pretenciosa.
Vanidad: sust. Arrogancia, presunción, envanecimiento.
Pretenciosa/o: adj. Que pretende ser más de lo que es.
Arrogante: adj. Altanero, soberbio.
Soberbio/a: adj. Que se deja llevar por la soberbia.
Soberbia: sust. Altivez y apetito desordenado de ser preferido a otros.


La vida de Héctor (Spanish Podcast)

Espaguetis con tofu al curry

In many parts of the world, summer has kicked in, and people are really feeling the heat.

But people in one city in the Middle East may have more reason to complain about the heat than anywhere else in the world.

This place is so hot that birds fall from the sky, some streets are air-conditioned, and, allegedly, fish boil in the sea.

This is Kuwait City, the capital of Kuwait, often called the hottest city in the world.

Temperatures often get as hot as 50 degrees Celsius in the summer — and sometimes even higher. In July 2016, the temperature reached 54 degrees Celsius in the north, which is the highest temperature Kuwait has experienced.

People are rarely seen walking outside in the summer, and many residents leave the city while it's this hot.

Kuwait has always been hot, but climate change has made the summers hotter and longer.

According to the Emirates Policy Center, between 1962 and 1999 there were 18 days when the temperature in Kuwait was 50 degrees Celsius or higher. Between 2000 and 2021, the number of days was 80 — and 64 of those were between 2010 and 2021.

The country is also getting less rain than before. As a result, it's experiencing more frequent and intense dust storms.

Living in these high temperatures is not good for humans. A study by the University of Roehampton in London found that the human body has an upper temperature limit of between 40 degrees and 50 degrees before it starts to malfunction.

At higher temperatures, a person may start to experience "heat stress," which can cause things like confusion, nausea, dizziness and fainting — and can be fatal.

Some may say that Kuwait is contributing to its own problems, since it's one of the world's largest emitters per capita of carbon dioxide, and uses only fossil fuels for energy.

But things may be changing. According to the International Energy Agency, the country plans to generate at least 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Life at 50 Degrees: Kuwait City May Be World's Hottest City

Halo halo - ang paboritong panghimagas ng maraming Pilipino. Madaming mga iba't ibang sangkap. Sa ibang parte ng Pilipinas, mas konti at iba ang recipe. Alamin ang pinagmulan ng halo halo.


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Comprehensible Tagalog Podcast

#150 - Ano ang halo halo?

Analizamos un fragmento de “La casa de azúcar”, de Silvina Ocampo, donde nos invita a leer desde la ambigüedad, allí la superstición, el temor y la extrañeza se mezclan sin una única explicación posible.

A media voz: lecturas y lectores 

Ep. 19: La ambigüedad

This is a reading from the Aozora Bunko "Kaze (Wind)" with some expressions changed to easy Japanese for learners of Japanese.
The reading is followed by explanations of the story and vocabulary. Please use it to study Japanese listening comprehension.

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青空文庫「風」より、日本語学習者向けに一部の表現をやさしい日本語に変えて、朗読しています。
朗読の後にストーリーや語彙の解説があります。日本語のリスニングの勉強にお役立てください。

OYASUMI にほんご

#6　Wind（かぜ Kaze）

Это аудио для карточки с лексикой на тему "Сон и сны" на русском языке. Ниже вы найдете слова и выражения о которых я рассказываю в этом аудио. 
✨Сон и сны✨
1. жаворонок - человек, который легко просыпается рано утром и чувствует себя бодрым и полным энергии;
2. сова - кто-то, кто активен по ночам, поздно ложится спать и просыпается рано с трудом;
3. вырубаться  (неформальное) - засыпать в состоянии сильной эмоциональной и/или физической усталости;
4. просыпаться в холодном поту - проснуться от страха и/или кошмара;
5. видеть кошмар (ы) - видеть страшные сны;