I have created this channel for beginners to practise listening and repeating after me. I will include the vocab for each podcast for you. 

I do NOT teach beginners, but am happy to teach this. 

Beginners 

This is a channel for story time. 
Karen will read stories that cover a range of topic and challenges that cover issues in today's world. 
Karen has written some of the stories, but not all . 

Pocket Rainbow

This podcast is for people from all walks of life who want to hear a little more about the English language in shorter soundbytes...up to 10 minutes per episode. 


English in 60 Seconds

yáng cháng bì duǎn 

意思是发挥或发扬优点或有利条件，克服或回避缺点或不利条件。


Chinese idioms (中国成语)

扬长避短

私はずっと関西の街中に住んでたから、引っ越しで富山（とやま）に6年住んだときは、外国に行ったみたいだった。大雪も初めてなら、湿気で洗濯物が乾かなくて、乾燥機を買いに走ったのも、今となっては、いい思い出です。「大自然」を実感したのは、あそこ。今に続く「魚食い」になったのも、あそこです。最近、富山のニュースで、わくわくするようなお知らせを見つけました。「黒部宇奈月（うなづき）キャニオンルート」の運行開始です。
スクリプトは⁠こちら⁠。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/13-1af298cf1f544f70b884ea2859d4202b?pvs=4
楽しみ方は⁠こちら⁠を見てください。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/S2-1114d60c575442768615bc975767fd41?pvs=4

日本って狭いけどさ、まだ山間に秘境が残ってるなんて、すごくない？　
じゃあ、またね。




すずまりの日本語「きき耳ずきん」S2

第13話　祝！キャニオンルート開放（富山）

Read the beautiful Chinese essay with me.  

听优美短文，提升中文阅读和写作

Shirley's Classroom 

拼音

拼音  m

One corvesations:

- ¿Estás haciendo algo interesante últimamente?

A: ¿Estás haciendo algo interesante últimamente?

B: Pues… estoy de descanso más que nada, poniéndome al día con todo lo que tengo que hacer.

A: Bueno, no pasa nada, todo el mundo necesita un descanso de vez en cuando.

B: Soy profesora, y suele haber muchísimo trabajo durante el año, así que siempre tengo un montón que hacer durante las vacaciones.

A: Espero que estés disfrutando de tener más tiempo.

B: ¡Desde luego! ¿Y tú?

A: He empezado a trabajar de camarera hace poco, y estoy dedicando casi todo el tiempo a eso.

B: ¿Por eso has empezado con las clases de inglés?

A: Bueno, ya quería de antes, pero el trabajo me ha dado la excusa perfecta.

B: Sí, nunca se sabe cuándo va a hacer falta. 

Learn Spanish Conversation

Learn Spanish Conversation parte 33

⭐ To make the most of this podcast, transcript in 6 languages (French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese) and language activities are available on my website Explore French.

⭐ To go further, please check out my other podcast channel "Learn French with Anthony" and visit my website to access plenty of interactive language activities.

Explore France with Anthony

#05 Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

This is another episode you can listen to improve your listening skill amd your comprehension ability. Let me know if you've found yourself in my description :) 

The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Episode 3: Who are my students and what they come to me for

Working from home and avoiding the journey to and from the office is saving many of us at least an hour every day, according to a 2023 study.

But we're not always using that saved time for ourselves — we're actually spending a lot of that time working.

The US-based National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) did a survey that looked at how workers in 27 countries used their time when working from home.

On average, the daily time saved by working from home was found to be 72 minutes.

Workers in China saved 102 minutes per day, while in Japan it was 100 minutes, and in India it was 99.

But the study also found that, on average, 40% of that saved time was spent working — either on the worker's main job or on an additional one.

Workers in Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan said they used more than half of their saved time to work.

So what happened to the rest of that extra time?

According to the study, an average of 34% was used as leisure time — with people in Germany and Austria using almost half of their extra time for leisure.

And 11% — about eight minutes per day — was spent looking after children or other family members.

The NBER said children had gotten a better deal with parents working from home — but that the big winners were employers, who got extra work time from their employees.

