In this podcast, you will be exposed to stories, storytelling, and the importance of stories to learning and growing a new language (or even your native language). Jump into stories!

The World of Storytelling

In this podcast, we will be exploring the curious vocabulary and expressions in English that have been absorbed and reinvented or repurposed from other languages. We will be celebrating English !

English World(s) of Curiosities

So, picture this: two brand new bars have popped up, and they're turning language learning on its head. How? By banning Japanese and giving the English language the spotlight it deserves. Can you believe it?


English Vibes

Sick! English-Only Bars Make Waves in Tokyo and Osaka

Learn this effective exercise to improve tenses, grammar and sentence formation. It's super simple and fun! 

Lisa's Podcast

Sentence gymnastics.

最近、ドイツのスーパーでは小麦粉や油、パスタが売り切れになっています。油については揚げ物に使うひまわり油は売り切れていますが、オリーブオイルはあります。小麦粉や油を置いている棚には「1人２個まで」と書いた紙が貼ってあります。
この状況がなぜ起こっているのか、私には詳しい理由がわかりません。戦争のせいでウクライナやロシアから商品が来ていないからかもしれないし、緊急の場合に備えて買いだめをしている人が多いからかもしれません。
２年前にパンデミックが始まった時にも小麦粉とトイレットペーパーが売り切れになりました。
幸い、私の家には去年イタリアでもらったオリーブオイルとパスタがたくさんあるので困っていません。
みなさんの国ではどうですか？

小麦粉：こむぎこ　flour
油：あぶら　oil
ひまわり：sunflower
売り切れ：うりきれ　sold out
棚：たな　shelf
棚に紙が貼（は）ってあります：a paper is stuck on the shelf, there is a paper on the shelf
状況：じょうきょう　situation
詳しい：くわしい　detailed
理由：りゆう reason
戦争：せんそう　war
商品：しょうひん　product
緊急：きんきゅう　emergency
備（そな）えて：prepare
緊急の場合に備（そな）えて：in case of emergency
買（か）いだめする： hoard , stock up on
幸（さいわ）い：fortunately

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

ドイツでは小麦粉と油が売り切れになっています（Flour and oil are sold out in Germany)

Job interview coaching, Episode 393.

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To Your Success, Anatoly

Job Interview Preparation | CEO Interview Strategies From Diverse Business Sectors!

Job interview coaching, Episode 393.

Different "Vacations" in Chinese 中文有幾種"假"? Let's learn about it!

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Sherri Chinese

EP.9. Different "Vacations" in Chinese 中文有幾種"假"?

大家好，您正在收听中文播客《丹霞说》，我是丹霞。今天我要给你们介绍一下儿我的朋友。

我有一个好朋友，她叫夏白雪。
夏是夏天的夏，不是下雪的下。
为什么她的名字是夏白雪？因为她爸爸姓夏，但是她在冬天出生，出生那天下雪了，所以她叫夏白雪。

白雪家有四口人，她父母、她弟弟和她。她爸爸有自己的商店，她妈妈在学校工作，是英语老师，而他弟弟还是中学生，所以和爸妈住在一起。
白雪在公司上班，有时候她工作非常忙。但周末的时候，她会回家看看家人。

这些词语你听明白了吗？

夏天Xià tiān summer     
下雪xià xuě to snow            
冬天dōng tiān  winter 
名字míng zì name         
因为yīn wèi  because          
出生chū shēng to be born    
所以suǒ yǐ  so
父母fù mǔ  parent      
 商店shāng diàn shop, store  
学校xué xiào  school    
中学生zhōng xué sheng middle school student 
公司gōngsī the company       
工作gōng zuò  to work; the work    
上班shàng bān to go to work  
周末zhōu mò  weekend    
回家huí jiā 


好，现在我们再听一次！

I have a good friend whose name is Xia Baixue.

Xia is xia in summer"xia tian", not the xia in snow"xia xue".

Why is her name Xia Baixue? Because her father's surname is Xia, but she was born in winter. It snowed on the day of her birth, so her name is Xia Baixue.

There are four people in Bai Xue's family, including her parents, her younger brother and her. Her father has his own shop, her mother works in school and is an English teacher, while his brother is still a middle school student, so he lives with parents.

Bai Xue works in a company. Sometimes she is very busy. But on weekends, she will go home to visit her family.

Do you understand these words?


HSK1&2 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

01. 我的朋友夏白雪Wǒ de péngyǒu xià báixuě My friend Baixue Xia

The story follows a young prince who visits various planets in space, including Earth, and addresses themes of loneliness, friendship, love, and loss. Despite its style as a children's book, The Little Prince makes observations about life, adults and human nature

Learn French through literature ☕

THE LITTLE PRINCE "Le Petit Prince" d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (French Hero and Writer) CHAPTER THREE

In this small episode I'd like you to go into your pefect picture of you succeeding when learning another language.

What is it like? How clear is the picture? What's noticable about the picture? What can you see in the picture? What do you look like in the picture? What do you like about the picture?

What what you'd like to see in the future - don't follow the thoughts, ideas, images of what you don't want to have happened - write down your aspirations and your desire down as if it's real.

Send me a message with your perfect picture and your Own Discovery!

i'd love to know more about you!

See you in my private classes.