De plus en plus de pays expérimentent la semaine de travail de 4 jours, permettant ainsi aux employés d'avoir un jour de repos de plus. Quels sont les avantages pour les employés et les entreprises ? Est-ce un bon modèle ?

French with Maeva

Podcast 1 : La semaine de travail de 4 jours

En el episodio de hoy de Your Spanish Journey, te daré una lista de palabras en español que usamos dia a dia pero que no tienen una traducción literal al inglés. ¿Podrías agregar alguna otra?

Your Spanish Journey

¿Qué quiso decir? 5 palabras en español sin traducción directa al inglés.

La pronunciación, prosodia y fonñetica pueden hacer la diferencia de cómo los demás nos escuchan. No te pierdas esta reflexión...

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

La fonética... la fon-ética

AI is revolutionising the way we work and live. In today's episode, Nick gives you some ideas for this topic. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

In what ways could AI change the way we work in the future?

In this episode, we reflect on how children acquire their first language and what adults can learn from it.

Rethinking Language Learning

Kids and learning languages

Today we're looking at some interesting, higher level vocabulary that we can use when there are too many things trying to get our attention or take up our time. I hope you find them useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Hide! We're being bombarded! 

SANDRA: So … what should we do?
JULIE: Well, I like to do arts and crafts, and I’m really good at
drawing. What do you think?
SANDRA: Hmm … how about playing a board game? That would 
be more fun.
JULIE: OK. Let’s play Scrabble! I’m really good at spelling, too!
SANDRA: Oh, yeah? We’ll see about that!

LANGUAGE NOTES
• So … Notice how the “o” sound is drawn out here, combined with the intonation, which 
shows boredom.
• I’m really good at “Really” means “very” and is used to emphasize “good.” It goes before 
the adjective.
• What do you Notice the pronunciation here — it sounds like “Whaddaya.”
• Hmm … is used to show that the speaker is thinking. It is also used to show that the speaker 
disagrees with an idea.
• How about is used to make a tentative suggestion. The speaker is introducing an idea and 
doesn’t want to sound too strong.
• Let’s is used to make a strong suggestion. The speaker feels confident about the plan.
• Oh, yeah? We’ll see about that! “Oh, yeah?” is used in a joking way to show a bit of friendly 
competition. Notice the emphasis on “that,” which refers back to “good at spelling.”

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 22: What you are good at!

Do you know that in China some gifts are considered very inappropriate and the reasons behind? In this episode we also discussed some superstitions in China.

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

DOs and DON’Ts of Gift-giving in China

How long do you want a movie to last? When do you start looking at your watch and wonder when you can leave the darkness of the cinema?

Or maybe it doesn't matter because you watch everything on streaming services, and you can pause anytime you like.

But according to a survey from the US, the perfect movie length is 92 minutes — about the same as a soccer match.

A polling company called Talker Research asked 2,000 people how long movies should be.

Only about 2% said they thought movies should be longer than two and a half hours, while just 15% want to watch a movie that's more than two hours long.

Movies like Dodgeball, Kung Fu Panda and Toy Story 2 are all about 92 minutes long.

But data suggests that the most popular movies are getting longer and longer.

A website called What to Watch found that the average length of the most successful movies has increased from 110 minutes in 1981 to 141 minutes in 2022.

The Guardian reports that nine out of the top 10 most successful films of all time are longer than two hours. Three of them are longer than three hours.

However, some say it's not the length of the film that's important, but how good it is.

There are really long films that feel much shorter because they're so interesting, and there are shorter movies that you wish would just end fast!