Listen to me reading a short news article about the pros and cons of internet dating, as part of my Conversational English course.

Listen to English with Pip

News article: online dating

A muisquismo is a word that has its origin in the Muisca language (autoglottonymmuysccubun) that was taken for everyday use by Spanish through linguistic borrowing.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 ⌚🎤

EPISODIO 3. MUISQUISMOS

Yo-You 与你同行（Diary）

9.18(50+words  difficulty index* )

Bedside Italian

Bedside Italian #33 - Ho visto The Sound of Music per la prima volta.

Hablemos en muy resumidas palabras (muy resumidas, en serio) de algunos de los mundos mitológicos más importantes de la historia. En esta oportunidad repasamos algunos detalles de los yanomami, una cultura de la selva amazónica entre Brasil y Venezuela.

Mundos mitológicos

Mitología yanomami

Why Sleep Matters for Language Learning
1.	Memory Consolidation
During sleep, especially in the REM stage, your brain organizes and strengthens memories. Studies show that newly learned vocabulary and grammar rules are more likely to stick if you get adequate sleep after studying. Skipping sleep disrupts this process, making it harder to recall what you’ve learned.
2.	Problem-Solving and Creativity
Sleep boosts your ability to solve complex problems and think creatively. If you’ve ever woken up with a solution to a problem, you’ve experienced the power of sleep in action. This applies to cracking tricky grammar rules or composing sentences in your target language.
3.	Cognitive Resilience
Lack of sleep impairs focus and mental flexibility. Research shows that even one night of poor sleep can reduce your ability to absorb new information by up to 40%. For consistent language progress, consistent sleep is non-negotiable.


💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 58 - Why quality snooze time is important for learning a language

Esta semana hablamos de eufemismos, que son estructuras, palabras más suaves o más políticamente correctas que usamos en lugar de usar su equivalente, que a veces puede sonar vulgar o duro.

Después de escuchar el episodio no te olvides de dejar una valoración ni de pasarte por mi instagram para decirme qué te ha parecido el episodio, ¿habías escduchado estos eufemismos antes? En tu idioma nativo, ¿también los usáis?


Blanca to go 

137 – Eufemismos en español

İstanbul serimizin her bölümünde İstanbul'un tarihi, kültürü, insanı hakkında ilginç bilgilerle sizlerle olacağız. 

Entelektüel Türkçe

İSTANBUL (Giriş)

Olympics Opening Ceremony Causes Controversy